CVE-2020-15669

NameCVE-2020-15669
DescriptionWhen aborting an operation, such as a fetch, an abort signal may be deleted while alerting the objects to be notified. This results in a use-after-free and we presume that with enough effort it could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.12 and Thunderbird < 68.12.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2346-1, DLA-2360-1, DSA-4749-1, DSA-4754-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
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)1:115.10.1-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:115.7.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.10.1-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.7.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.10.1-1~deb12u1fixed
sid1:115.10.1-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefox-esrsourcestretch68.12.0esr-1~deb9u1DLA-2346-1
firefox-esrsourcebuster68.12.0esr-1~deb10u1DSA-4749-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)68.12.0esr-1
thunderbirdsourcestretch1:68.12.0-1~deb9u1DLA-2360-1
thunderbirdsourcebuster1:68.12.0-1~deb10u1DSA-4754-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:68.12.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-37/#CVE-2020-15669
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-40/#CVE-2020-15669

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