CVE-2020-15657

High

Description

Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 79.079.0
mozilla firefox_esrv < 78.178.1
mozilla thunderbirdv < 78.178.1

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