CVE-2020-6822

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

On 32-bit builds, an out of bounds write could have occurred when processing an image larger than 4 GB in <code>GMPDecodeData</code>. 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 24, 2020
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-6822: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix