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CVE-2020-6819: Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CVE-2020-6819 · Severity: critical · CVSS 8.1 · Exploited in the wild · Published 2021-11-03

Technologies: Mozilla Firefox ESR, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox. Vendors: Mozilla.

Executive brief

A race condition in the nsDocShell destructor in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird can lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows for potential remote code execution or unspecified impacts under certain conditions. Mozilla has acknowledged targeted attacks in the wild exploiting this vulnerability.

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox < 74.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR < 68.6.1
  • Mozilla Thunderbird < 68.7.0

Timeline

  • 2020-04-24: disclosed: NVD Published Date
  • 2021-11-03: kev added: Added to CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
  • 2020-04-24: patched: Fixed in Firefox 74.0.1, Firefox ESR 68.6.1, and Thunderbird 68.7.0
  • exploited: Mozilla reported awareness of targeted attacks in the wild.

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