Input validation error - CVE-2020-15650
Published: August 10, 2020 / Updated: August 13, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45688
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15650
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Given an installed malicious file picker application, an attacker was able to overwrite local files and thus overwrite Firefox settings (but not access the previous profile). *Note: This issue only affected Firefox for Android. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.11.
Affected software
mozjs68 (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15650
Install update from vendor's website.
mozjs68 (Alpine package) - update to 68.11.0-r0
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 68.11.0-r0
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 68.11.0-r0