Bug 1908024 (CVE-2020-26974)

Summary: CVE-2020-26974 Mozilla: Incorrect cast of StyleGenericFlexBasis resulted in a heap use-after-free
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: high    
Version: unspecifiedCC: cschalle, erack, gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky, tpopela
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: firefox 78.6, thunderbird 78.6 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: When `flex-basis` was used on a table wrapper, a `StyleGenericFlexBasis` object could have been incorrectly cast to the wrong type. This resulted in a heap user-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash.
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Last Closed: 2020-12-16 10:18:44 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1906545, 1906546, 1906547, 1906548, 1906549, 1906550, 1906553, 1906554, 1906555, 1906556, 1906557, 1906558    
Bug Blocks: 1906543    

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-12-15 17:45:29 UTC
When `flex-basis` was used on a table wrapper, a `StyleGenericFlexBasis` object could have been incorrectly cast to the wrong type. This resulted in a heap user-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash.



External Reference:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-55/#CVE-2020-26974

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-12-15 17:45:33 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: the Mozilla project
Upstream: Pham Bao (VinCSS - Member of Vingroup)

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-16 07:52:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5564 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5564

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-16 07:54:56 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:5562 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5562

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-16 08:02:00 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5563 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5563

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-16 08:14:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2020:5565 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5565

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-16 08:22:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:5561 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5561

Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-12-16 10:18:44 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-2020-26974

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-17 15:09:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:5618 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5618

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-17 16:18:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5622 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5622

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-17 16:23:19 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2020:5624 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5624

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-21 12:32:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2020:5644 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5644

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2020-12-21 13:35:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2020:5645 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5645