CVE-2020-12406
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-07-09 14:45
Modified
2024-08-04 11:56
Severity ?
Summary
Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1639590Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaThunderbird
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
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