| Name | CVE-2020-15657 |
| Description | Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 144.0.2-1 | fixed |
| thunderbird (PTS) | bullseye | 1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:140.4.0esr-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:128.14.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:140.4.0esr-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1:128.14.0esr-1~deb13u1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 1:140.4.0esr-1~deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky | 1:140.3.1esr-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:140.4.0esr-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- firefox <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Only affects Windows)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/#CVE-2020-15657
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/#CVE-2020-15657