Bug 1831945 (CVE-2020-12389)

Summary:	CVE-2020-12389 Mozilla: Sandbox escape with improperly separated process types
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jhorak, security-response-team, stransky
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	firefox 68.8	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as The Firefox content processes did not sufficiently lockdown access control which could result in a sandbox escape.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	1828970

Description Doran Moppert 2020-05-06 01:27:52 UTC

The Firefox content processes did not sufficiently lockdown access control which could result in a sandbox escape.

*Note: this issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.*



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/#CVE-2020-12389

Comment 1 Doran Moppert 2020-05-06 01:27:55 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Niklas Baumstark

Comment 2 Doran Moppert 2020-05-06 01:29:41 UTC

Statement:

This issue only affects Firefox on Windows operating systems.  Firefox on Linux is not affected.

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-06 04:31:49 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-12389