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MFSA2020-08 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 74 (CVE-2020-6805)

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MFSA2020-08 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 74 (CVE-2020-6805)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/10/2020
Created
03/12/2020
Added
03/11/2020
Modified
03/30/2020

Description

When removing data about an origin whose tab was recently closed, a use-after-free could occur in the Quota manager, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.6, Firefox < 74, Firefox < ESR68.6, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-74_0

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