Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-12417 - Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1640737
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09