Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912 Issue Tracking Permissions Required Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ Vendor Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published: 2020-12-09T00:24:19

Updated: 2020-12-09T00:24:19

Reserved: 2020-10-12T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-26963

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2020-12-09T01:15:13.410

Modified: 2020-12-10T17:27:47.253


Link: CVE-2020-26963

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