CVE-2020-12409

Firefox ESR: When using certain blank characters in a URL, they where incorrectly rendered as spaces instead of an…

CVE-2020-12409 is fixed in 4 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
Low
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0118
67th percentile

When using certain blank characters in a URL, they where incorrectly rendered as spaces instead of an encoded URL. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 77.

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 · 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-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

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