CVE-2020-15678 Use after free in Firefox

What is CVE-2020-15678?

CVE-2020-15678 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Oct 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

When recursing through graphical layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free. This occurs because the function APZCTreeManager::ComputeClippedCompositionBounds did not follow iterator invalidation rules. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15678?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox Esr, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-15678?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-15678 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15678, GHSA-4rfx-gjvx-jp3h, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15678.