CVE-2020-6811

Firefox ESR: The 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request,…

CVE-2020-6811 is fixed in 10 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released March 10, 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
0.0327
88th percentile

The 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request, which can be controlled by the website. If a user used the 'Copy as Curl' feature and pasted the command into a terminal, it could have resulted in command injection and arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.6, Firefox < 74, Firefox < ESR68.6, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.

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 0:68.6.0-1.el8_1 RHSA-2020:0820 Mar 16, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 10, 2020
firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1 firefox 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
firefox · ol 8 0:68.6.0-1.0.1.el8_1 ELSA-2020-0820 Mar 16, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-geckodriver 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 10, 2020
firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1 firefox-geckodriver 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 firefox-mozsymbols 74.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Mar 10, 2020
firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1 firefox-mozsymbols 74.0+build3-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:68.6.0-1.el8_1 RHSA-2020:0919 Mar 23, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 6, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 thunderbird 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
thunderbird · ol 8 0:68.6.0-1.0.1.el8_1 ELSA-2020-0919 Mar 23, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 6, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 6, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 6, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 6, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 6, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.6.0+build2-0ubuntu1 Mar 10, 2020

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