Firefox ESR and 2 others: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox for Android 79.
CVE-2020-15670 is fixed in 11 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released August 25, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox for Android 79. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80, Firefox ESR < 78.2, Thunderbird < 78.2, and Firefox for Android < 80.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) | 91.0 | Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 91.0 | Aug 4, 2021 |
| Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) | 78.2.1 | Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.2.1 | Aug 28, 2020 |
| Linux | |||
| firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Aug 25, 2020 |
| firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Aug 25, 2020 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Aug 25, 2020 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Aug 25, 2020 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Aug 25, 2020 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 80.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Aug 25, 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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