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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12424: CVE-2020-12424 Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2020-12424: CVE-2020-12424 Mozilla: WebRTC permission prompt could have been bypassed by a compromised content process (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/09/2020
Created
08/28/2020
Added
08/27/2020
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

When constructing a permission prompt for WebRTC, a URI was supplied from the content process. This URI was untrusted, and could have been the URI of an origin that was previously granted permission; bypassing the prompt. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-firefox
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-firefox-debugsource

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