CVE-2020-26979

Summary

CVECVE-2020-26979
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-01-07 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-01-12 16:38:00 UTC
DescriptionWhen a user typed a URL in the address bar or the search bar and quickly hit the enter key, a website could sometimes capture that event and then redirect the user before navigation occurred to the desired, entered address. To construct a convincing spoof the attacker would have had to guess what the user was typing, perhaps by suggesting it. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 84.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-601

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 84 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Bug List MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500958 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503843 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
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