High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-15685
CVE-2020-15685
Description
During the plaintext phase of the STARTTLS connection setup, protocol commands could have been injected and evaluated within the encrypted session. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.7.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <78.7.0
- (no CPE)range: <78.7
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2015%20SP2
< 78.7.0-lp151.2.69.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 78.7.0-lp151.2.69.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.7.0-lp152.2.29.1
- (no CPE)range: < 91.1.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.7.0-3.119.1
- (no CPE)range: < 78.7.0-8.9.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-05/nvdVendor Advisory
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