CVE-2020-26951

NameCVE-2020-26951
DescriptionA parsing and event loading mismatch in Firefox's SVG code could have allowed load events to fire, even after sanitization. An attacker already capable of exploiting an XSS vulnerability in privileged internal pages could have used this attack to bypass our built-in sanitizer. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2457-1, DLA-2464-1, DSA-4793-1, DSA-4796-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid125.0.1-2fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)buster91.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)115.10.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.7.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)115.10.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.7.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)115.10.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie115.8.0esr-1fixed
sid115.10.0esr-1fixed
thunderbird (PTS)buster1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)1:115.9.0-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:115.7.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.9.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.7.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1fixed
sid1:115.9.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)83.0-1
firefox-esrsourcestretch78.5.0esr-1~deb9u1DLA-2457-1
firefox-esrsourcebuster78.5.0esr-1~deb10u1DSA-4793-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)78.5.0esr-1
thunderbirdsourcestretch1:78.5.0-1~deb9u1DLA-2464-1
thunderbirdsourcebuster1:78.5.0-1~deb10u1DSA-4796-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:78.5.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/#CVE-2020-26951
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/#CVE-2020-26951
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/#CVE-2020-26951

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