CVE-2020-15678

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

When recursing through graphical layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free. This occurs because the function APZCTreeManager::ComputeClippedCompositionBounds did not follow iterator invalidation rules. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15678

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15678.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202009-10

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed81.0-1
suse slesaffected
debian debiansidfixed81.0-1
debian debianbookwormfixed78.3.0esr-1
debian debianbullseyefixed78.3.0esr-1
debian debianforkyfixed78.3.0esr-1
debian debiantrixiefixed78.3.0esr-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.