Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-26952
Published: November 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU48459
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-2020-26952
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 boundary error when processing HTML content. The incorrect bookkeeping of functions inlined during JIT compilation when handling out-of-memory errors can trigger memory corruption and allow remote code execution.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Mozilla Firefox
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Alpine package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Firefox for Android
Arch Linux
Ubuntu
firefox (Alpine package)
firefox (Ubuntu package)
Firefox for Android
How to mitigate CVE-2020-26952
Install updates from vendor's website.
Mozilla Firefox - update to 83.0
Firefox for Android - update to 83.0.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1
Firefox for Android - update to 83.0.0
firefox (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3, 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1, 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1