CVE-2020-6819

NameCVE-2020-6819
DescriptionUnder 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2170-1, DLA-2172-1, DSA-4653-1, DSA-4656-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid131.0.2-2fixed
firefox-esr (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch91.11.0esr-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)115.12.0esr-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye115.14.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)128.3.1esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm115.14.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)128.3.1esr-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie128.3.0esr-2fixed
sid128.3.1esr-2fixed
thunderbird (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.15.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.12.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.15.0-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie1:128.2.0esr-1fixed
sid1:128.3.0esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)74.0.1-1
firefox-esrsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
firefox-esrsourcejessie68.7.0esr-1~deb8u1DLA-2170-1
firefox-esrsourcestretch68.6.1esr-1~deb9u1DSA-4653-1
firefox-esrsourcebuster68.6.1esr-1~deb10u1DSA-4653-1
firefox-esrsource(unstable)68.6.1esr-1
thunderbirdsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
thunderbirdsourcejessie1:68.7.0-1~deb8u1DLA-2172-1
thunderbirdsourcestretch1:68.7.0-1~deb9u1DSA-4656-1
thunderbirdsourcebuster1:68.7.0-1~deb10u1DSA-4656-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:68.7.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/#CVE-2020-6819
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-14/#CVE-2020-6819

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