Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2020-12419

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Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2020-12419

Published: July 2, 2020 / Updated: July 31, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU29455
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-2020-12419
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing callbacks that occurred during window flushing in the parent process in nsGlobalWindowInner. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
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 ARM 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 x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Opensuse
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
thunderbird (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
firefox (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Red Hat package)
thunderbird (Alpine package)
mozjs68 (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2020-12419

Install updates from vendor's website.

Mozilla Firefox - update to 78.0.1
Firefox ESR - update to 68.10.0
thunderbird (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1:68.10.0-1~deb9u1, 1:68.10.0-1~deb10u1
firefox-esr (Debian package) - addressed in versions 68.10.0esr-1~deb9u1, 68.10.0esr-1~deb10u1
Mozilla Thunderbird - addressed in versions 68.10.0, 78.0
firefox (Alpine package) - update to 78.0.1-r0
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 68.10.0-r0
firefox (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 68.10.0-1.el6_10, 68.10.0-1.el7_8, 68.10.0-1.el8_0, 68.10.0-1.el8_1, 68.10.0-1.el8_2
thunderbird (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 68.10.0-1.el6_10, 68.10.0-1.el7_8, 68.10.0-1.el8_0, 68.10.0-1.el8_1, 68.10.0-1.el8_2
thunderbird (Alpine package) - update to 68.10.0-r0
mozjs68 (Alpine package) - update to 68.10.0-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
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1, 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

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