cve-2020-15656
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-08-10 17:43
Modified
2024-08-04 13:22
Severity ?
Summary
JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1647293Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird
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