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Status published
Critical
CVE-2020-6831
A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP...
Vulnerability Description
A buffer overflow could occur when parsing and validating SCTP chunks in WebRTC. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1632241
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4714
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00000.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158480/usrsctp-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
Firefox ESR, Firefox, Thunderbird
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 26th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.