cve-2020-15658
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-08-10 17:43
Modified
2024-08-04 13:22
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637745Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaFirefox ESR
MozillaFirefox
MozillaThunderbird
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