CVE-2020-12397

By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617370	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04::::lts:::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-05-22 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 17:47

NVD link : CVE-2020-12397

Mitre link : CVE-2020-12397

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-12397

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mozilla

thunderbird

canonical

ubuntu_linux

CWE

CWE-346

Origin Validation Error

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