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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15656: Type Confusion

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15656: Type Confusion

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/10/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

Description

JIT optimizations involving the Javascript arguments object could confuse later optimizations. This risk was already mitigated by various precautions in the code, resulting in this bug rated at only moderate severity. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr
  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox

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