CVE-2020-12388
Mozilla: Sandbox escape with improperly guarded Access Tokens
Severity
CriticalRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 5, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as:
The Firefox content processes did not sufficiently lockdown access control which could result in a sandbox escape.
Statement
This issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems. Firefox on Linux is not affected.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control