CVE-2020-15680

Firefox ESR and 1 other: If a valid external protocol handler was referenced in an image tag, the resulting broken image size…

CVE-2020-15680 is fixed in 4 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released October 21, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

RoutineFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
5.3
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0095
61st percentile

If a valid external protocol handler was referenced in an image tag, the resulting broken image size could be distinguished from a broken image size of a non-existent protocol handler. This allowed an attacker to successfully probe whether an external protocol handler was registered. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 82.

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
Linux
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 21, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 21, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 21, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 21, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 21, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 82.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 21, 2020

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