CVE-2020-6826

Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 75

Published Apr 24, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla developers Tyson Smith, Bob Clary, and Alexandru Michis reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 74. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-27970 Mozilla developers Tyson Smith, Bob Clary, and Alexandru Michis reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 74. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4323-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00482}

epss

{'score': 0.00484}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:11 AM
Reserved
Jan 10, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 24, 2020, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:23 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Apr 10, 2020, 12:00 PM