CVE-2020-6807Network attack vector

Application crash via late stream reinitialization

Published Mar 25, 2020 · Updated Aug 4, 2024

Use-after-free in cubeb in Firefox before 74, Firefox ESR before 68.6, and Thunderbird before 68.6 allows attackers to crash the application. During stream destruction, a device change can queue the stream-reinit task so that it runs after the stream object has been freed and dereferences stale memory. Exploitation requires user interaction and precise timing around an audio-device change; the bounded published consequence is a potentially exploitable crash.

CVSS severity8.8
High
EPSS probability1.47%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Use-after-free in cubeb in Firefox before 74, Firefox ESR before 68.6, and Thunderbird before 68.6 allows attackers to crash the application. During stream destruction, a device change can queue the stream-reinit task so that it runs after the stream object has been freed and dereferences stale memory. Exploitation requires user interaction and precise timing around an audio-device change; the bounded published consequence is a potentially exploitable crash.

The record

CVE
CVE-2020-6807
Published
Mar 25, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Vendor
Mozilla
Product
Firefox
Classifications
CWE-416, T1203
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 25, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <74
  2. Affected versionversion=unspecified <ESR68.6

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Mozilla · Firefoxversion=unspecified <74; version=unspecified <ESR68.6
Mozilla · Thunderbirdversion=unspecified <68.6
Mozilla · Firefox ESRversion=unspecified <68.6

Published CVSS scores

8.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
6.8NIST NVDAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-416Use After Free
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

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