CVE-2020-12416: mozilla firefox Race Condition
CVSS: 9.3v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12416
Published 09-07-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-12416 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Race Condition vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)EPSS score
1.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8Timeline
- 09-07-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A VideoStreamEncoder may have been freed in a race condition with VideoBroadcaster::AddOrUpdateSink, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 78.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsHigh 8.8Preferred score · OSV · Ubuntu (Ecosystem advisory) · calculated from vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSourcesAll 2 agree
- NVDNIST8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
High 9.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
1.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
71%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.35% on 18-09-2026
18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score1.35%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.
- CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Affected systems
Ubuntu5 products
- firefox< 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 78.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
- mozjs38All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs52All versions (No fix recorded)
- mozjs68All versions (No fix recorded)
- thunderbird< 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | < 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≥ unspecified, < 78 | < 78.0
Opensuse1 product
- leapEOL15.1 | 15.2
3 vendors · 7 products
References
10 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory