CVE-2020-6792
Mozilla: Message ID calculation was based on uninitialized data
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
When deriving an identifier for an email message, uninitialized memory was used in addition to the message contents. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
Cuando se deriva un identificador para un mensaje de correo electrónico, una memoria no inicializada fue usada en adición al contenido del mensaje. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird versiones anteriores a 68.5.
It was discovered that Message ID calculation was based on uninitialized data. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, obtain sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2020-01-10 CVE Reserved
- 2020-02-14 CVE Published
- 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-456: Missing Initialization of a Variable
- CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource
- CWE-909: Missing Initialization of Resource
CAPEC
References (6)
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10 | 2022-01-01 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1 | 2022-01-01 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1 | 2022-01-01 | |
| https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07 | 2022-01-01 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6792 | 2020-02-24 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1801958 | 2020-02-24 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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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" | < 68.5.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 68.5.0" | - |
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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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