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CVE-2020-15669 (GCVE-0-2020-15669)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-01 18:42 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:22
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Summary
When aborting an operation, such as a fetch, an abort signal may be deleted while alerting the objects to be notified. This results in a use-after-free and we presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.12 and Thunderbird < 68.12.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use-After-Free when aborting an operation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 68.12 (custom)
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