cve-2020-26959
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-09 00:22
Modified
2024-08-04 16:03
Severity ?
Summary
During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
References
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1669466Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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