CVE-2020-26965

CVE Details

Release Date:	2020-12-09
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Version:	3.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2020-5257	2020-12-01
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2020-5238	2020-12-01
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2020-5239	2020-12-01
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2020-5235	2020-12-01
Oracle Linux version 8 (firefox)	ELSA-2020-5237	2020-12-01
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2020-5236	2020-12-01