Is CVE-2020-26978 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-26978 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-26978?

CVE-2020-26978 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-26978?

CVE-2020-26978 has an EPSS score of 1.27% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-26978?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 84.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-26978

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Using techniques that built on the slipstream research, a malicious webpage could have exposed both an internal network's hosts as well as services running on the user's local machine. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84, Thunderbird < 78.6, and Firefox ESR < 78.6.

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:84.0-1CVE-2020-26978

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-4671-1

Fixed in:84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-4671-1

Fixed in:84.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-4671-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:84.0Fixed in:84.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:84.0Fixed in:84.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox ESR (en-US)Windows application

Affected:78.6.0Fixed in:78.6.0Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:78.6.0Fixed in:78.6.0Mozilla

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

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Other references1

bugzilla.mozilla.org

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