CVE-2020-26959

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score
8.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.495

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox 82.0Windows
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac (83.0)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (78.5.0)Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (78.5.1)Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 82.0Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Thunderbird for Mac 78.4.0Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Firefox ESR for Mac 78.4.0Mac
Multiple Vulnerabilities are affected in Mozilla Firefox for Mac 78.4.0Mac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in Mozilla Firefox For Mac 78.5Mac
firefox-esr security update(DSA-4793-1) firefox-esr_78.5.0esr-1~deb10u1_i386.debLinux
firefox-esr security update(DSA-4793-1) firefox-esr_78.5.0esr-1~deb10u1_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4637-1) firefox_83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2_i386.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4637-1) firefox_83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4637-1) firefox_83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4637-1) firefox_83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.10.1_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4637-2) firefox_83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_i386.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source web browser (USN-4637-2) firefox_83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64.debLinux
thunderbird security update(DSA-4796-1) thunderbird_78.5.0-1~deb10u1_i386.debLinux
thunderbird security update(DSA-4796-1) thunderbird_78.5.0-1~deb10u1_amd64.debLinux
Mozilla Open Source mail and newsgroup client (USN-4647-1) thunderbird_78.5.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1_amd64.debLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-78.5.0-112.36.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-debuginfo-78.5.0-112.36.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-debugsource-78.5.0-112.36.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-devel-78.5.0-112.36.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2020:3548-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 ) MozillaFirefox-translations-common-78.5.0-112.36.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5235) thunderbird security update thunderbird-78.5.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5236) thunderbird security update thunderbird-78.5.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5236) thunderbird security update thunderbird-debugsource-78.5.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5237) firefox security update firefox-78.5.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5237) firefox security update firefox-debugsource-78.5.0-1.el8_3.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5238) thunderbird security update thunderbird-78.5.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5238) thunderbird security update thunderbird-78.5.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5239) firefox security update firefox-78.5.0-1.el7_9.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5239) firefox security update firefox-78.5.0-1.el7_9.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5257) firefox security update firefox-78.5.0-1.el6_10.i686.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2020:5257) firefox security update firefox-78.5.0-1.el6_10.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-343015Mozilla Firefox (132.0.2)
PATCH-607000Mozilla Firefox For Mac (124.0)
PATCH-611353Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (128.12.0)
PATCH-611353Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (128.12.0)
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)
PATCH-611807Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (142.0)
PATCH-611808Mozilla Firefox ESR for MAC 128.14.0
PATCH-611870Mozilla Firefox For Mac (142.0.1)
PATCH-612783Mozilla Firefox For Mac (145.0.1)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234