#VU49016 Type Confusion in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR - CVE-2020-26974

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error. When flex-basis was used on a table wrapper, a StyleGenericFlexBasis object could have been incorrectly cast to the wrong type. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger a type confusion error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Remediation

External links

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-54/
• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/