CVE-2020-26959
Mozilla: Use-after-free in WebRequestService
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · November 17, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free