Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-15658 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637745
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/