CVE-2020-15670 (GCVE-0-2020-15670)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-01 18:41 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:22
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Summary
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox for Android 79. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80, Firefox ESR < 78.2, Thunderbird < 78.2, and Firefox for Android < 80.
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CWE
  • Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox for Android 80
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 80 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 78.2 (custom)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 78.2 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox for Android Affected: unspecified , < 80 (custom)
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