Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:78.3.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-THUNDERBIRD-1013750
  • published23 Sept 2020
  • disclosed1 Oct 2020

Introduced: 23 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-15676  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable thunderbird to version 1:78.3.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Firefox sometimes ran the onload handler for SVG elements that the DOM sanitizer decided to remove, resulting in JavaScript being executed after pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1