Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2020-26974
When flex-basis was used on a table wrapper, a StyleGenericFlexBasis object could have been incorrectly cast to the wrong type. This resulted in a heap user-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84, Thunderbird < 78.6, and Firefox ESR < 78.6.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr — versions unspecified
- Mozilla Firefox Esr
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-56/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-26974?
- CVE-2020-26974 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-01-07.
- How severe is CVE-2020-26974?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.