During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2457-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2464-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4793-1 firefox-esr security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4796-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19483 During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4637-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4637-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4647-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:03:23.168Z

Reserved: 2020-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-26959

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-12-09T01:15:13.143

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:20:34.877

Link: CVE-2020-26959

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-26959 - Bugzilla

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