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CVE-2020-6820

8.1
HIGHCVSS v3.1 Base Score
3.13%
LOW RiskEPSS (87th percentile)
KEV

Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox < 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.1.

Published: 4/24/2020
Modified: 11/4/2025
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ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

Vulnerability Name:

Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Vendor / Product:

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird

Required Action:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Due Date: 5/3/2022(OVERDUE)
Added to KEV:

11/3/2021

Notes:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6820

Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v3 Score

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2 Score

6.8

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

3.13%LOW Exploitation Risk
87th percentile

This vulnerability has a 3.13% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

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Same Weakness Type(CWE-362)

Similar SeverityHIGH