CVE-2020-6820
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.
ACTIVELY EXPLOITED IN THE WILD
This vulnerability is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird
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11/3/2021
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6820
Vulnerability Summary
CVSS v3 Score
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2 Score
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)
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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