Mozilla Firefox/Firefox ESR/Thunderbird Web Worker race condition

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird. This affects an unknown function of the component Web Worker. The manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-12387. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird (Web Browser) (the affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown part of the component Web Worker. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
A race condition when running shutdown code for Web Worker led to a use-after-free vulnerability. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
The weakness was disclosed 05/26/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-12387 since 04/28/2020. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Vendor
Name
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.1
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/28/2020 🔍05/26/2020 🔍
05/27/2020 🔍
05/27/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2020-12387 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-155592
Entry
Created: 05/27/2020 08:18Updated: 05/27/2020 08:23
Changes: 05/27/2020 08:18 (36), 05/27/2020 08:23 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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