vulnerability
MFSA2020-17 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 68.8 (CVE-2020-6831)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 5, 2020 | May 6, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 5, 2020
Added
May 6, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP chunks in WebRTC. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
Solution
mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-68_8
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