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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-6796: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2020-6796: Important: firefox security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/17/2020
Created
02/19/2020
Added
02/18/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

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. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 73 and Firefox < ESR68.5.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • CVE-2020-6796

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