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.
Published: 2020-08-10
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-7645 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4443-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Mozilla Firefox Firefox Esr Thunderbird
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel E4s Rhel Eus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:22:30.558Z

Reserved: 2020-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-15658

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-10T18:15:12.653

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:05:57.647

Link: CVE-2020-15658

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-15658 - Bugzilla

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