Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-26959 - Use After Free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
mozilla
CWE-416

Summary

During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mozilla
1264

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)