CVE-2020-26963
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-09 00:24
Modified
2024-08-04 16:03
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| security@mozilla.org | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912 | Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory | |
| security@mozilla.org | https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ | Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912 | Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ | Vendor Advisory |
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