Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-15675

 

Use-after-free in Mozilla Firefox - CVE-2020-15675

Published: September 23, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46962
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15675
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Firefox

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing HTML content in WebGL. 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-15675

Install updates from vendor's website.

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