Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-12406

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Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-12406

Published: June 2, 2020 / Updated: July 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU28524
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12406
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error during unboxed JavaScript objects removal. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Oracle Solaris
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
mozjs68 (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Alpine package)
firefox (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2020-12406

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 77.0
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:68.9.0-1~deb9u1, 1:68.9.0-1~deb10u1
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 68.9.0
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 68.9.0esr-1~deb9u1, 68.9.0esr-1~deb10u1
Firefox ESR - update to 68.9.0
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 68.9.0-1.el6_10, 68.9.0-1.el7_8, 68.9.0-1.el8_0, 68.9.0-1.el8_1, 68.9.0-1.el8_2
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 68.9.0-r0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 68.9.0-1.el6_10, 68.9.0-1.el7_8, 68.9.0-1.el8_0, 68.9.0-1.el8_1, 68.9.0-1.el8_2
mozjs68 (Alpine package) - update to 68.9.0-r0
thunderbird (Alpine package) - update to 68.9.0-r0
firefox (Alpine package) - update to 77.0-r0
thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1, 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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