Zero-day vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox

Use-after-free
CVE-2020-6819

Vulnerability details

Advisory: SB2020040320 - Remote code execution in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR

Vulnerable component: Mozilla Firefox

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6819

CVSSv3 score: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error caused by a race condition running the nsDocShell destructor. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted website, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Note, this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild in targeted attacks.

External links:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/