CVE-2020-15658

Summary

CVECVE-2020-15658
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-10 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-02 22:23:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-754

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 79 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1189-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox ESR 78.1 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.1 — Mozilla MISC www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Access Denied MISC bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
USN-4443-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296071 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 27.82.1 Missing (CPUOCT2020)
  • 500932 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox-esr
  • 500952 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
  • 503837 Alpine Linux Security Update for firefox
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