9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-15683
"Firefox Memory Safety Bugs"
Description

Mozilla developers and community members reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.4, Firefox < 82, and Thunderbird < 78.4.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 22, 2020, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 28, 2022, 6:24 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15683 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-15683.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00057.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00062.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1576843%2C1656987%2C1660954%2C1662760%2C1663439%2C1666140 Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00027.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-08 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4780 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-45/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-46/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-47/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-15683 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-15683 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00057.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00057.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00062.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00027.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-08 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-08 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-416 CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00077.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00074.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-08 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00057.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00057.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00062.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1576843%2C1656987%2C1660954%2C1662760%2C1663439%2C1666140 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1576843%2C1656987%2C1660954%2C1662760%2C1663439%2C1666140 Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00027.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00027.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4780 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4780 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-45/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-45/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-46/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-46/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-47/ No Types Assigned https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-47/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 82.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 78.4 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 78.4
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00027.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00062.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4780 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00057.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-15683 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-15683 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.96 }} -0.04%

score

0.83642

percentile

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