DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12397
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397
Upstream
Published
2020-05-22T19:15:15.580Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:35.311336Z
Severity
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:68.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397.json"

Debian:12 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:68.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397.json"

Debian:13 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:68.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397.json"

Debian:14 / thunderbird

Package

Name
thunderbird
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:68.8.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12397.json"