CVE-2020-15670

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15670
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-01 19:15:13 UTC
Updated2026-08-19 15:29:21 UTC
DescriptionMozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox for Android 79. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 80, Firefox ESR < 78.2, Thunderbird < 78.2, and Firefox for Android < 80.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.010770000 probability, percentile 0.623690000 (date 2026-08-19)

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-416 | CWE-617 | Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox for Android 80


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Mobile All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Mozilla Firefox affected unspecified 80 custom Not specified
CNA Mozilla Firefox ESR affected unspecified 78.2 custom Not specified
CNA Mozilla Thunderbird affected unspecified 78.2 custom Not specified
CNA Mozilla Firefox For Android affected unspecified 80 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 80 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bug List af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.2 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.2 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox for Android 80 — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296071 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 27.82.1 Missing (CPUOCT2020)
  • 500935 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 500953 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503838 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox

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