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CVE-2020-26963 (GCVE-0-2020-26963)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-09 00:24 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:03
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Summary
Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • History and Location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox Affected: < 83
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