What is CVE-2020-11879?

CVE-2020-11879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Evolution. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-17.

How severe is CVE-2020-11879?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnome Evolution

CVE-2020-11879

An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make Evolution attach local files or directories to a composed…

EPSS: 0.027 (83.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Gnome Evolution
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-11879?: CVE-2020-11879 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gnome Evolution. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-04-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-11879?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.