CVE-2020-12406

Firefox ESR: Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting…

CVE-2020-12406 is fixed in 10 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released June 2, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0102
63rd percentile

Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr Jun 25, 2020
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:68.9.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2020:2379 Jun 3, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jun 2, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jun 2, 2020
firefox · ol 8 0:68.9.0-1.0.1.el8_2 ELSA-2020-2379 Jun 5, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jun 2, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jun 2, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Jun 2, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jun 2, 2020
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:68.9.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2020:2614 Jun 22, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird · ol 8 0:68.9.0-1.0.1.el8_2 ELSA-2020-2614 Jun 23, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020

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