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HIGH SEVERITY
CVE-2020-6819 Mozilla · Firefox and Thunderbird

Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

HIGH
8.1 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

0.33 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
55.3 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 55.3% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Nov 03, 2021

Remediation Due

May 03, 2022

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird contain a race condition vulnerability when running the nsDocShell destructor under certain conditions. The race condition creates a use-after-free vulnerability, causing unspecified impacts.

Remediation Directive

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

External Intelligence