On 32-bit builds, an out of bounds write could have occurred when processing an image larger than 4 GB in GMPDecodeData. It is possible that with enough effort this could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.7.0, Firefox ESR < 68.7, and Firefox < 75.
CVE-2020-6822
This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.3%, top 33% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EG Risk
- 45(Track)EG Risk 45/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity88% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 70%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 24, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Aug 24, 2026Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 68.7.0 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-14/Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 68.7 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-13/Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 75 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-12/1544181 - (CVE-2020-6822) Potential out-of-bounds write in GMPDecodeData
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1544181Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | firefox-mozsymbols (75.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1) @ bionic | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.7.0-1.el8_1 | 2020-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.7.0-1.el6_10 | 2020-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.7.0-1.el7_8 | 2020-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.7.0-1.el8_0 | 2020-04-16 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10 | 2020-04-14 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el7_8 | 2020-04-09 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el8_1 | 2020-04-08 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el8_0 | 2020-04-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(14 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:10(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 60.7.2esr-1 ... 68.7.0esr-1~deb9u1 (42 versions) | 68.7.0esr-1~deb10u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1:60.7.2-1 ... 1:68.7.0-1~deb9u1 (42 versions) | 1:68.7.0-1~deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.7.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.7.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.7.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.7.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.7.0-1 | — |
Debian:8(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.0.1esr-1 ... 68.6.1esr-1~deb9u1 (186 versions) | 68.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:68.6.0-1~deb9u1 (122 versions) | 1:68.7.0-1~deb8u1 | — |
Debian:9(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 ... 68.7.0esr-1~deb8u1 (149 versions) | 68.7.0esr-1~deb9u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:68.7.0-1~deb8u1 (123 versions) | 1:68.7.0-1~deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(11)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1404MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1404 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1406MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1406 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1420MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1420 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1429MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1429 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1488MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1488 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1489MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1489 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1495MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1495 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:1496MODERATE2020-04-08
RHSA-2020:1496 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4323-1MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4328-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4335-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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