#VU29464 Out-of-bounds read in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-12425
Published: July 2, 2020 / Updated: July 31, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU29464
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12425
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Software vendor:
Mozilla
Mozilla
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition due to confusion processing a hyphen character in Date.parse(). A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read one byte of process memory.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.