Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

MFSA2020-42 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 81 (CVE-2020-15674)

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

MFSA2020-42 Firefox: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 81 (CVE-2020-15674)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/22/2020
Created
09/24/2020
Added
09/23/2020
Modified
10/05/2020

Description

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 80. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-81_0

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;