High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15657
CVE-2020-15657
Description
Firefox could be made to load attacker-supplied DLL files from the installation directory. This required an attacker that is already capable of placing files in the installation directory. *Note: This issue only affected Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
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Affected products
33< 79+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 79
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
< 78.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords28 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/pipewire&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%209pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%209pkg:rpm/suse/pipewire&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP2
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 27 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-lp151.2.61.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-lp152.2.12.1
- (no CPE)range: < 92.0-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-lp152.2.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78-9.2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-3.100.2
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-8.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-78.87.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.1.0-112.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.3.6-3.3.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/nvdVendor Advisory
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