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High · 8.1 Known exploited CVE-2020-6820 EUVD-2020-27964GHSA-f77r-rqc9-53hh

Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in …

Published Apr 24, 2020 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by mozilla

Description

Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Thunderbird unspecified – < 68.7.0 68.7.0
Mozilla Firefox unspecified – < 74.0.1 74.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR unspecified – < 68.6.1 68.6.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 firefox-esr 68.6.1esr-1 —
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:68.7.0-1 —
Debian 13 firefox-esr 68.6.1esr-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:68.7.0-1 —
Debian 12 firefox-esr 68.6.1esr-1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:68.7.0-1 —
Debian 10 firefox-esr 68.6.1esr-1~deb10u1 DSA-4653-1
Debian 10 thunderbird 1:68.7.0-1~deb10u1 DSA-4656-1
Debian 9 firefox-esr 68.6.1esr-1~deb9u1 DSA-4653-1
Debian 9 thunderbird 1:68.7.0-1~deb9u1 DSA-4656-1
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 8 firefox-esr 68.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 DLA-2170-1
Debian 8 thunderbird 1:68.7.0-1~deb8u1 DLA-2172-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS firefox 75.0+build3-0ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS thunderbird 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS firefox 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-4317-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-4328-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS firefox 74.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 USN-4317-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS thunderbird 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 USN-4335-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 firefox 68.6.1-1.el8_1 RHSA-2020:1341
RHEL 8 thunderbird 68.7.0-1.el8_1 RHSA-2020:1495
RHEL 7 firefox 68.6.1-1.el7_8 RHSA-2020:1338
RHEL 7 thunderbird 68.7.0-1.el7_8 RHSA-2020:1489
RHEL 6 firefox 68.6.1-1.el6_10 RHSA-2020:1339
RHEL 6 thunderbird 68.7.0-1.el6_10 RHSA-2020:1488
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.0 E4S firefox 68.6.1-1.el8_0 RHSA-2020:1340
RHEL 8.0 E4S thunderbird 68.7.0-1.el8_0 RHSA-2020:1496
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-3.81.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0929-1
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird 68.7.0-3.77.1 SUSE-SU-2020:1027-1
SLES 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
Show 12 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES 11 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-78.67.1 SUSE-SU-2020:14337-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP5 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP4 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP3 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP2 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SLES for SAP 12 SP1 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SUSE HPE Helion OpenStack 8 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-109.113.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0928-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 92.0-1.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.1.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaFirefox 68.6.1-lp151.2.39.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:0461-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaThunderbird 68.7.0-lp151.2.31.1 openSUSE-SU-2020:0544-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:0520-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 librewolf 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox +1 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox +1 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox +1 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.19 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 thunderbird 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 firefox 74.0.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 mozjs68 68.7.0-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 firefox-esr 68.6.1-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 68.8.0-1.amzn2 ALAS2-2020-1429

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 firefox 68.6.1-1.0.1.el8_1 ELSA-2020-1341
Oracle Linux 8 thunderbird 68.7.0-1.0.1.el8_1 ELSA-2020-1495
Oracle Linux 7 firefox 68.6.1-1.0.1.el7_8 ELSA-2020-1338
Oracle Linux 7 thunderbird 68.7.0-1.0.1.el7_8 ELSA-2020-1489

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