CVE-2020-6820

Under certain conditions, when handling a ReadableStream, 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 14:34

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References () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6820 - () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6820 - US Government Resource
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:esr:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

22 Oct 2025, 00:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6820 -

21 Oct 2025, 20:18

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References
  • {'url': 'https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6820', 'source': '134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0'}

21 Oct 2025, 19:18

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References
  • () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-6820 -

21 Nov 2024, 05:36

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1626728 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required () https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1626728 - Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/ - Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-14/ - Vendor Advisory () https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-14/ - Vendor Advisory

12 Jul 2022, 17:42

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CWE CWE-415 CWE-362

Information

Published : 2020-04-24 16:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 14:34


NVD link : CVE-2020-6820

Mitre link : CVE-2020-6820

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-6820


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Products Affected

mozilla

  • thunderbird
  • firefox
CWE
CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')