CVE-2020-6796
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 2, 2020 at 04:05 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:23 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxFirefox ESR
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 73v < ESR68.5
Affected range stops below 73, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 73.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below ESR68.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 68.5.0
Affected range stops below 68.5.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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