CVE-2020-6808
critical
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
9.5
Description
When a JavaScript URL (javascript:) is evaluated and the result is a string, this string is parsed to create an HTML document, which is then presented. Previously, this document's URL (as reported by the document.location property, for example) was the originating javascript: URL which could lead to spoofing attacks; it is now correctly the URL of the originating document. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 74.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6808
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6808.html
Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202003-8
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 74.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 74.0-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.