CVE-2020-12387
High
CVE-2020-12387
A race condition when running shutdown code for Web Worker led to a use-after-free vulnerability. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
Exploit probability
1.4%
Published
May 26, 2020
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2020-12387
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A race condition when running shutdown code for Web Worker led to a use-after-free vulnerability. This resulted in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.8, Firefox < 76, and Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1545345
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-16/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-17/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/