Mozilla Firefox And Thunderbird Use-After-Free Vulnerability
CVE-2020-6819 is fixed in 10 products on 2 platforms, first by firefox 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, released April 2, 2020. It is being exploited: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021. Patch Radar priority: Patch now.
Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox < 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.1.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) | 78.0esr | Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US) 78.0esr | Jun 25, 2020 |
| Linux | |||
| firefox · RHEL 8 | 0:68.6.1-1.el8_1 | RHSA-2020:1341 | Apr 7, 2020 |
| firefox · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 2, 2020 |
| firefox · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 | firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| firefox · ol 8 | 0:68.6.1-1.0.1.el8_1 | ELSA-2020-1341 | Apr 9, 2020 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-geckodriver 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 2, 2020 |
| firefox-geckodriver · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 | firefox-geckodriver 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | firefox-mozsymbols 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Apr 2, 2020 |
| firefox-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 | firefox-mozsymbols 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| thunderbird · RHEL 8 | 0:68.7.0-1.el8_1 | RHSA-2020:1495 | Apr 16, 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) | 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | thunderbird 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 2020 |
| thunderbird · ol 8 | 0:68.7.0-1.0.1.el8_1 | ELSA-2020-1495 | Apr 18, 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) | 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 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) | 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 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) | 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 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) | 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 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) | 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 | Apr 6, 2020 |
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