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CVE-2020-26952 json

Incorrect bookkeeping of functions inlined during JIT compilation could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash w…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-19476

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Incorrect bookkeeping of functions inlined during JIT compilation could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash when handling out-of-memory errors. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 83.0
  • firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
  • firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
  • firefox Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-26952

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

  • firefox Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22, Alpine 3.21 +9 more 83.0-r0
  • librewolf Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 83.0-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-26952

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox Arch Linux 83.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1279

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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