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. Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-26963 Reference (s):
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
- URL: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912
- URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1314912