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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-12416: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-12416: Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
07/09/2020
Created
07/28/2020
Added
07/28/2020
Modified
07/28/2020

Description

A VideoStreamEncoder may have been freed in a race condition with VideoBroadcaster::AddOrUpdateSink, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin

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