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CVE-2020-6819

Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox < 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.1.

CVSS 8.1 · HighBuzz score 54.1KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 54.1

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
16.1
4 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
13.0
4 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
4 source links · newest first
  • 6th April – Threat Intelligence BulletinCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 6th April 2020, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. Top Attacks and Breaches A new campaign of the Zeus Sphinx banker is targeting clients of US, Canadian and Australian banks using COVID-19 themed emails. Emails titled “COVID 19 relief” contain password-protected Word documents with […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comApr 6, 2020, 2:15 PM
  • Mozilla has released critical security updates for Firefox and Firefox ESR on Friday, patching two vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited by attackers.

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comApr 6, 2020, 10:09 AM
  • Mozilla has released updates for its Firefox web browser to patch two critical use-after-free vulnerabilities that have been exploited in attacks.

    newswww.securityweek.comApr 6, 2020, 8:46 AM
  • Mozilla releases Firefox version 74.0.1 to address two vulnerabilities exploited by threat actors in attacks in the wild, users should update their browsers asap. Mozilla is urging users to install the latest version of its browser, Firefox 74.0.1, which addresses two bugs that are being exploited in the wild by threat actors. The two vulnerabilities […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comApr 4, 2020, 4:22 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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