CVE-2020-6831: Buffer Overflow
First published: Tue May 05 2020(Updated: )
A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP chunks in WebRTC. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <68.8 | 68.8 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <68.8 | 68.8 |
| Mozilla Firefox | <76 | 76 |
| Mozilla Firefox | <76.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | <68.8.0 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | <68.8.0 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =19.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =20.04 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
| openSUSE Leap | =15.2 | |
| Google Chrome | <81.0.4044.138 | 81.0.4044.138 |
| debian/chromium | 120.0.6099.224-1~deb11u1 128.0.6613.84-1~deb12u1 128.0.6613.137-1~deb12u1 128.0.6613.113-1~deb13u1 128.0.6613.137-1 | |
| debian/firefox | 130.0-2 | |
| debian/firefox-esr | 115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1 115.15.0esr-1~deb11u1 115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 115.15.0esr-1~deb12u1 115.15.0esr-1 | |
| debian/thunderbird | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 1:115.15.0-1~deb11u1 1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1 1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1 1:128.1.1esr-1 1:128.2.0esr-1 |
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Reference Links
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1632241
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00000.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158480/usrsctp-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2020-6831
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/#CVE-2020-12387
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (Advisory)
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/#CVE-2020-6831
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/#CVE-2020-6831
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/#CVE-2020-6831
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6831
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-6831
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6831
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-6831
Parent vulnerabilities
(Appears in the following advisories)
Peer vulnerabilities
(Found alongside the following vulnerabilities)
- collector/mozilla-advisory
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/launchpad-cve
- source/Launchpad
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/remedy
- source/Mozilla
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/description
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/chrome-releases
- agent/references
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/weakness
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- source/Debian
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/usn-cve
- source/Ubuntu
- vendor/mozilla
- canonical/mozilla firefox esr
- canonical/mozilla thunderbird
- canonical/mozilla firefox
- vendor/canonical
- canonical/canonical ubuntu linux
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/16.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/18.04
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/19.10
- version/canonical ubuntu linux/20.04
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/9.0
- version/debian debian linux/10.0
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse leap
- version/opensuse leap/15.2
- vendor/google
- canonical/google chrome
- package-manager/debian