CVE-2020-12397

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-05-22

Description

By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.

See more information about CVE-2020-12397 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Low	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2020-2049	2020-07-07
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2020-2050	2020-05-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2020-2046	2020-05-12

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