Vulnerability Description
Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. In general, these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5, Firefox < 73, and Firefox < ESR68.5.
CVSS Score
HIGH
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 73.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | < 68.5.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 68.5.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1595786%2C1596706%2C1598543%2C16Broken LinkIssue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1595786%2C1596706%2C1598543%2C16Broken LinkIssue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/Third Party Advisory
FAQ
What is CVE-2020-6800?
CVE-2020-6800 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 72 and Firefox ESR 68.4. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough...
How severe is CVE-2020-6800?
CVE-2020-6800 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 8.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2020-6800?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr, Mozilla Thunderbird, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.