CVE-2020-15656

Firefox ESR and 2 others: JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations.

CVE-2020-15656 is fixed in 11 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.1.0, released July 29, 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
0.0152
74th percentile

JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 Aug 4, 2021
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.1.0 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.1.0 Jul 29, 2020
Linux
firefox · RHEL 8 0:78.2.0-2.el8_2 RHSA-2020:3557 Aug 26, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 10, 2020
firefox · ol 8 0:78.2.0-2.0.1.el8_2 ELSA-2020-3557 Aug 28, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 10, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Aug 10, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Aug 10, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021

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