CVE-2020-26963 (GCVE-0-2020-26963)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-12-09 00:24
Modified
2024-08-04 16:03
Severity ?
CWE
  • History and Location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser
Summary
Repeated calls to the history and location interfaces could have been used to hang the browser. This was addressed by introducing rate-limiting to these API calls. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83.
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Mozilla Firefox Version: < 83
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