CVE-2020-15665

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15665
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-01 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-13 17:00:00 UTC
DescriptionFirefox did not reset the address bar after the beforeunload dialog was shown if the user chose to remain on the page. This could have resulted in an incorrect URL being shown when used in conjunction with other unexpected browser behaviors. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 80 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
1651636 - (CVE-2020-15665) Clicking "stay on page" (ie cancelling) in beforeunload dialogs should cause us to reset the URL bar MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500953 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503838 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
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