First published: Tue Feb 11 2020(Updated: )
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Firefox ESR | <68.5 | 68.5 |
Mozilla Firefox | <73 | 73 |
Mozilla Firefox | <73.0 | |
Mozilla Firefox ESR | <68.5.0 | |
debian/firefox | 133.0.3-1 | |
debian/firefox-esr | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1 128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1 128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1 128.5.0esr-1 128.5.1esr-1 |
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(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
CVE-2020-6796 is a vulnerability in Firefox that allows a content process to modify shared memory relating to crash reporting information, potentially causing memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
Firefox versions prior to 73 and Firefox ESR versions prior to 68.5 are affected by CVE-2020-6796.
CVE-2020-6796 has a severity rating of 8.8 (high).
To fix CVE-2020-6796, users should update Firefox to version 73 or later, or Firefox ESR to version 68.5 or later.
More information about CVE-2020-6796 can be found on the Mozilla Bugzilla, Mozilla Security Advisories, and Gentoo Security websites.