CVE-2020-26963
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-09 00:24
Modified
2024-08-04 16:03
Severity ?
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
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/Vendor Advisory
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Mozilla Firefox Version: < 83
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