RHSA-2020:1429HighCVSS 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: firefox security update

Published
April 14, 2020
Last Modified
November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2020-6821 →CVE-2020-6822 →CVE-2020-6825 →

📋 Description

CVE-2020-6821 — Mozilla: Uninitialized memory could be read when using the WebGL copyTexSubImage method CVE-2020-6822 — Mozilla: Out of bounds write in GMPDecodeData when processing large images CVE-2020-6825 — Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 75 and Firefox ESR 68.7

🎯 Affected products37

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • firefox-debuginfo-0:68.7.0-2.el6_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 After installing the update, Firefox must be restarted for the changes to take effect.

🔗 References (6)