medium6.5
CVE-2020-15658
The code for downloading files did not properly take care of special characters, which led to an attacker being able to cut off the file ending at an earlier p…
Impact
The code for downloading files did not properly take care of special characters, which led to an attacker being able to cut off the file ending at an earlier position, leading to a different file type being downloaded than shown in the dialog. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | before 79.0 |
| Mozilla | Firefox Esr | before 78.1 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | before 78.1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637745
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637745
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/