DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26959

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-26959
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26959.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26959
Upstream
Published
2020-12-09T01:15:13Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:06:53Z
Summary
[none]
Details

During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.5.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.5.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.5.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

firefox-esr

Package

Name
firefox-esr
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/firefox-esr?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
78.5.0esr-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:78.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}