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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15667: Out-of-bounds Write

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-15667: Out-of-bounds Write

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/01/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

When processing a MAR update file, after the signature has been validated, an invalid name length could result in a heap overflow, leading to memory corruption and potentially arbitrary code execution. Within Firefox as released by Mozilla, this issue is only exploitable with the Mozilla-controlled signing key. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox

References

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