CVE-2020-12397
Mozilla: Sender Email Address Spoofing using encoded Unicode characters
Severity Score
4.3
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Al codificar caracteres de espacio en blanco Unicode dentro del encabezado del correo electrónico From, un atacante puede suplantar la dirección de correo electrónico del remitente que despliega Thunderbird. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 68.8.0.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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Timeline
- 2020-04-28 CVE Reserved
- 2020-05-11 CVE Published
- 2024-03-26 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-172: Encoding Error
- CWE-346: Origin Validation Error
CAPEC
References (6)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03 | Third Party Advisory |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617370 | 2023-02-28 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1 | 2023-02-28 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18 | 2023-02-28 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12397 | 2020-05-11 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1832565 | 2020-05-11 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | < 68.8.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 68.8.0" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | esm |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 19.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04" | lts |
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