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CVE-2020-12420

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-12420 is a use-after-free race condition vulnerability affecting Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0, occurring during STUN server connections. It carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 78.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 68.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 68.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: thunderbird-0:68.10.0-1.el8_1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:68.10.0-1.el6_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:68.10.0-1.el6_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:68.10.0-1.el7_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:68.10.0-1.el7_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: firefox-0:68.10.0-1.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird-0:68.10.0-1.el8_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: firefox-0:68.10.0-1.el8_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: thunderbird-0:68.10.0-1.el8_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update SupportFixed in: firefox-0:68.10.0-1.el8_1
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2020-12420Important

Mozilla: Use-After-Free when trying to connect to a STUN server

Jun 30, 2020

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-09
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202007-10
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4421-1
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2020-24
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2020-25
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2020-26
Vendor Advisory