Linux · Security advisory · August 28, 2020

ELSA-2020-3557: firefox security update

ELSA-2020-3557, released August 28, 2020, fixes 10 CVEs in firefox (version 0:78.2.0-2.0.1.el8_2). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVEs closed
10
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.0194
80th percentile

Priority of the 10 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 0 High 3 Routine 7

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
firefoxol 80:78.2.0-2.0.1.el8_2

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
High CVE-2020-12422 Firefox ESR: In non-standard configurations, a JPEG image created by JavaScript could have caused an internal variable… 8.8 0.0194 None reported
High CVE-2020-15656 Firefox ESR and 2 others: JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. 8.8 0.0152 None reported
High CVE-2020-15669 firefox: Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance, and portability. This... 8.8 0.0112 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-12424 Firefox ESR: When constructing a permission prompt for WebRTC, a URI was supplied from the content process. 6.5 0.0161 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-12425 Firefox ESR: Due to confusion processing a hyphen character in Date.parse(), a one-byte out of bounds read could have… 6.5 0.0157 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-15654 Firefox ESR and 2 others: When in an endless loop, a website specifying a custom cursor using CSS could make it look like the user… 6.5 0.0142 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-15653 Firefox ESR and 2 others: An iframe sandbox element with the allow-popups flag could be bypassed when using noopener links. 6.5 0.0140 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-15664 Firefox ESR and 2 others: By holding a reference to the eval() function from an about:blank window, a malicious webpage could have… 6.5 0.0139 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-15658 Firefox ESR and 2 others: The code for downloading files did not properly take care of special characters, which led to an attacker… 6.5 0.0139 None reported
Routine CVE-2020-15648 Firefox ESR: Using object or embed tags, it was possible to frame other websites, even if they disallowed framing… 6.5 0.0114 None reported
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