Mozilla Firefox/Firefox ESR/Thunderbird Table Wrapper heap-based overflow

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Table Wrapper Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-26974. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird (Web Browser) (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Table Wrapper Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was shared 01/07/2021. The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-26974. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/10/2024).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208652 (CentOS 7 : firefox (RHSA-2020:5561)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208652). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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: 6.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 208652
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : firefox (RHSA-2020:5561)
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: mozilla.org
Timeline
01/07/2021 🔍01/07/2021 🔍
05/04/2025 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: mozilla.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2020-26974 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-26974
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-167389
Entry
Created: 01/07/2021 19:43Updated: 05/04/2025 15:25
Changes: 01/07/2021 19:43 (39), 10/10/2024 01:53 (19), 05/04/2025 15:25 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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