# CVE-2020-12410: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 68.9.0, 77, 68.9
- Published: 2020-07-09 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Mozilla Thunderbird: fixed in 68.9.0
- Mozilla Firefox: fixed in 77
- Mozilla Firefox ESR: fixed in 68.9

## Description

Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Firefox 76 and Firefox ESR 68.8. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox ESR, upgrade to a fixed version (68.9.0, 77, 68.9) per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1619305%2C1632717
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/

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