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 |
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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 |
History
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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
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-12-09T01:15:13.410
Modified: 2020-12-10T17:27:47.253
Link: CVE-2020-26963
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE