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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2020-6819

Thunderbird

Mozilla / Thunderbird · affected before 68.7.0

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Severity
CVSS 8.1 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
3.0%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

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What it is

CVE-2020-6819 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Mozilla Thunderbird and 2 other products. Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

Mozilla / Thunderbird affected before 68.7.0.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free

Under certain conditions, when running the nsDocShell destructor, a race condition can cause a use-after-free. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw.

This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox < 74.0.1, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.1.

Mozilla Affected
Thunderbird
Before 68.7.0
Mozilla Affected
Firefox
Before 74.0.1
Mozilla Affected
Firefox ESR
Before 68.6.1
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Published
24 Apr 2020
Exploitation Reported
03 Nov 2021
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

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cisa

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 03 Nov 2021

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2021-11-03 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Scanner coverage

No scanner integrations recorded yet.

Virtual patch status

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Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.1 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

3.0%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Use After Free CWE-416

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 8.1 High

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

CVSS v2.0 6.8 Medium

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. 15:56 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  3. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2020-6819",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.1,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.03039,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}