Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2020-6824
Initially, a user opens a Private Browsing Window and generates a password for a site, then closes the Private Browsing Window but leaves Firefox open. Subsequently, if the user had opened a new Private Browsing Window, revisited the same site, and generated a new password - the generated passwords would have been identical, rather than independent. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 75.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (17.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions unspecified
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-12/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Permissions Required, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6824?
- CVE-2020-6824 is a low-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2020-04-24.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6824?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.