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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12417): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 8, 2020
Added
Aug 5, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Due to confusion about ValueTags on JavaScript Objects, an object may pass through the type barrier, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. *Note: this issue only affects Firefox on ARM64 platforms.* This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

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