vulnerability
Arch Linux: Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2020-6796)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 2, 2020 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 2, 2020
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A missing bounds check on shared memory read in the parent process has been found in Firefox before 73.0. A content process could have modified shared memory relating to crash reporting information, crash itself, and cause an out-of-bound write. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2020-6796
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2020-6796
- URL-https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610426
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202002-5
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-02
- URL-https://usn.ubuntu.com/4278-2/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-05/
- URL-https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-06/
- CWE-787
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