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01 Record

CVE-2020-26963

Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox <

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox <

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
0.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 57.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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
2020-12-09 00:24Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 16:03Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-10-12
Assigning CNA
mozilla
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
714bf43bffa994d8b8d44a082932f63a3682c80aa6812f5ce9a8d3eba43551c6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MozillaFirefox< 83—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • firefox
    Fixed in 83.0-1

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

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 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • mozjs38
    No fix yet
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet

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 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • mozjs68
    No fix yet

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

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