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01 Record

CVE-2020-12387

A race condition when running shutdown code for Web Worker led to a use-after-free vulnerability. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8,

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

A race condition when running shutdown code for Web Worker led to a use-after-free vulnerability. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8,

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 72.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-05-26 17:04Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 11:56Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-04-28
Assigning CNA
mozilla
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
  • CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
Data version
5.1
Document digest
29d4e3b4f6d2ce517b50bdff28e934705e6480d02646c485e8da09c7f600343b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MozillaFirefox ESR< 68.8—
MozillaFirefox< 76—
MozillaThunderbird< 68.8.0—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • firefox
    Fixed in 76.0-1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 68.8.0-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 68.8.0esr-1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:68.8.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 68.8.0esr-1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:68.8.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • firefox-esr
    Fixed in 68.8.0esr-1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:68.8.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • mozjs38
    No fix yet
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 76.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • mozjs68
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:68.8.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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