Vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird
CVE-2020-6792
When deriving an identifier for an email message, uninitialized memory was used in addition to the message contents. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
EPSS: 0.013 (68.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions unspecified
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-6792?
- CVE-2020-6792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2020-03-02.
- How severe is CVE-2020-6792?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-6792 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.