When aborting an operation, such as a fetch, an abort signal may be deleted while alerting the objects to be notified. This results in a use-after-free and we presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.12 and Thunderbird < 68.12.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1656957 | Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/ | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/ | Release Notes Vendor Advisory |
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mozilla
Published: 2020-10-01T18:42:09
Updated: 2020-10-01T18:42:09
Reserved: 2020-07-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-15669
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-10-01T19:15:13.407
Modified: 2020-10-02T19:02:26.757
Link: CVE-2020-15669
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE