CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-26963

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.

How to fix

Remediation Available
firefoxDebian
Fixed in:83.0-1CVE-2020-26963
firefoxUbuntu
Fixed in:83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3USN-4637-2
Fixed in:83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2USN-4637-1
Fixed in:83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-4637-1
DeveloperEditionWindows application
Affected:83.0Fixed in:83.0Mozilla
Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application
Affected:83.0Fixed in:83.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.84%probability of exploitation in 30 days
53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

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