Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2020-26963
Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
EPSS: 0.008 (54.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions < 83
References
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-26963?
- CVE-2020-26963 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-12-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-26963?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.