CVE-2020-15658
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-15658
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-15658.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 79.0-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | sid | fixed | 79.0-1 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.