CVE-2020-15653

Medium

Description

An iframe sandbox element with the allow-popups flag could be bypassed when using noopener links. This could have led to security issues for websites relying on sandbox configurations that allowed popups and hosted arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedAug 10, 2020
First seenAug 10, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox79.0 or later
  • mozilla firefox_esr78.1 or later
  • mozilla thunderbird78.1 or later
Vendor advisories

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 79.079.0
mozilla firefox_esrv < 78.178.1
mozilla thunderbirdv < 78.178.1
canonical ubuntu_linux16.04, 18.04, 20.04—

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