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01 Record

CVE-2020-15658

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 71.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-08-10 17:43Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 13:22Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-07-10
Assigning CNA
mozilla
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsClass
  • CWE-138Improper Neutralization of Special ElementsClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
d1718df80f8c8e4c71677429bdb5c10083b5cc953e569c76272b3bb4b9e8816b

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MozillaFirefox ESR< 78.1—
MozillaFirefox< 79—
MozillaThunderbird< 78.1—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • firefox
    Fixed in 79.0-1
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 68.12.0-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
  • mozjs38
    No fix yet
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • firefox
    Fixed in 79.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  • mozjs52
    No fix yet
  • mozjs68
    No fix yet
  • thunderbird
    Fixed in 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.