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 being downloaded than shown in the dialog. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 78.1, Firefox < 79, and Thunderbird < 78.1.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Mozilla Firefox ESR
unspecified to < 78.1affected
Mozilla Firefox
unspecified to < 79affected
Mozilla Thunderbird
unspecified to < 78.1affected
References
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-30/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-32/ ↗
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-33/ ↗
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1637745 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00025.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4443-1/ ↗