Mozilla Developer Iain Ireland discovered a missing type check during unboxed objects removal, resulting in a crash. We presume that with enough effort that it could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.9.0, Firefox < 77, and Firefox ESR < 68.9.
CVE-2020-12406
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- 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
- 62%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 9, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 68.9.0 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-22/Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 68.9 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-21/Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 77 — Mozilla
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-20/1639590 - (CVE-2020-12406) Fix GetOwnPropertyPure
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1639590Patch Availability(12)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox-mozsymbols (77.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.9.0-1.el8_2 | 2020-06-22 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.9.0-1.el7_8 | 2020-06-22 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.9.0-1.el6_10 | 2020-06-19 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.9.0-1.el8_1 | 2020-06-19 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.9.0-1.el8_0 | 2020-06-19 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.9.0-1.el8_2 | 2020-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.9.0-1.el8_1 | 2020-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.9.0-1.el6_10 | 2020-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.9.0-1.el7_8 | 2020-06-03 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:68.9.0-1.el8_0 | 2020-06-03 | 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 ... 68.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 (51 versions) | 68.9.0esr-1~deb10u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1:60.7.2-1 ... 1:68.9.0-1~deb9u1 (52 versions) | 1:68.9.0-1~deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 68.9.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:68.9.0-1 | — |
Debian:8(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.0.1esr-1 ... 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 (195 versions) | 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:68.9.0-1~deb8u1 (132 versions) | 1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2 | — |
Debian:9(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 ... 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 (158 versions) | 68.9.0esr-1~deb9u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2 (133 versions) | 1:68.9.0-1~deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(12)
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-2020:2378IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2378 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2379IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2379 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2380IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2380 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2381IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2381 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2382IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2382 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2611IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2611 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2613IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2613 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2614IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2614 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2615IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2615 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2020:2616IMPORTANT2020-06-02
RHSA-2020:2616 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-4383-1MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4421-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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