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MFSA2020-24 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 78 (CVE-2020-12423)

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MFSA2020-24 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 78 (CVE-2020-12423)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/30/2020
Created
07/03/2020
Added
07/02/2020
Modified
07/20/2020

Description

When the Windows DLL "webauthn.dll" was missing from the Operating System, and a malicious one was placed in a folder in the user's %PATH%, Firefox may have loaded the DLL, leading to arbitrary code execution. *Note: This issue only affects the Windows operating system; other operating systems are unaffected.* This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-78_0

References

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