Firefox did not block execution of scripts with incorrect MIME types when the response was intercepted and cached through a ServiceWorker. This could lead to a cross-site script inclusion vulnerability, or a Content Security Policy bypass. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
CVE-2020-26958
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 1.3%, top 32% 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).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.1
- EG Score
- 6.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 32(Track)EG Risk 32/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity61% × 45%Exploitation1% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 1%
- EPSS %ILE
- 68%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 9, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (8)
- security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1669355
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1669355
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/
Patch Availability(15)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | firefox-mozsymbols (83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2) @ bionic | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox-mozsymbols (83.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3) @ xenial | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:78.5.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.10.1) @ groovy | 2026-05-23 | ubuntu |
| redhat | firefox-0:78.5.0-1.el8_0 | 2020-12-01 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:78.5.0-1.el6_10 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:78.5.0-1.el8_3 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:78.5.0-1.el8_0 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:78.5.0-1.el8_1 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:78.5.0-1.el8_2 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:78.5.0-1.el7_9 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:78.5.0-1.el7_9 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:78.5.0-1.el8_3 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:78.5.0-1.el8_1 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:78.5.0-1.el8_2 | 2020-11-30 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:78.5.0-1.el6_10 | 2020-11-30 | 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
(12 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:10(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 60.7.2esr-1 ... 78.5.0esr-1~deb9u1 (78 versions) | 78.5.0esr-1~deb10u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1:60.7.2-1 ... 1:78.5.0-1~deb9u1 (95 versions) | 1:78.5.0-1~deb10u1 | — |
Debian:11(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 78.5.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:78.5.0-1 | — |
Debian:12(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 78.5.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:78.5.0-1 | — |
Debian:13(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 78.5.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:78.5.0-1 | — |
Debian:14(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | — | 78.5.0esr-1 | — |
| thunderbird | — | 1:78.5.0-1 | — |
Debian:9(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-esr | 45.9.0esr-1 ... 78.4.1esr-2 (185 versions) | 78.5.0esr-1~deb9u1 | — |
| thunderbird | 1.5-4 ... 1:78.4.2-1~deb9u1 (176 versions) | 1:78.5.0-1~deb9u1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(15)
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-2020:5231MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5231 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5232MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5232 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5233MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5233 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5234MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5234 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5235MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5235 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5236MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5236 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5237MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5237 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5238MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5238 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5239MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5239 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5240MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5240 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5257MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5257 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:5314MODERATE2020-11-17
RHSA-2020:5314 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4637-1MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4637-2MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4647-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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