What is CVE-2020-12859?

CVE-2020-12859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Health Covidsafe, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2020-12859?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Health Covidsafe

CVE-2020-12859

Unnecessary fields in the OpenTrace/BlueTrace protocol in COVIDSafe through v1.0.17 allow a remote attacker to identify a device model by observing cleartext payload data. This allows re-identification of devices, especially less common phone models or those in low-density situations.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Health Covidsafe
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12859?: CVE-2020-12859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Health Covidsafe, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2020-12859?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.