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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-15656: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-15656: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/10/2020
Created
08/28/2020
Added
08/27/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-firefox
  • centos-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-firefox-debugsource

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