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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12406

Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.02%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.02% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-345
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/thunderbird · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.