high8.8
CVE-2020-6811
The 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request, which can be controlled by the website.
Impact
The 'Copy as cURL' feature of Devtools' network tab did not properly escape the HTTP method of a request, which can be controlled by the website. If a user used the 'Copy as Curl' feature and pasted the command into a terminal, it could have resulted in command injection and arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.6, Firefox < 74, Firefox < ESR68.6, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 74.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 68.6.0 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 68.6.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1607742
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-09/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1607742
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-09/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/