firefox-esr, thunderbird — security advisory
By exploiting an Open Redirect vulnerability on a website, an attacker could have spoofed the site displayed in the download file dialog to show the original site (the one suffering from the open redirect) rather than the site the file was actually downloaded from. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.
- Products
- firefox-esr, thunderbird
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:78.3.1-1, 78.3.0esr-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-15677
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 13:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
By exploiting an Open Redirect vulnerability on a website, an attacker could have spoofed the site displayed in the download file dialog to show the original site (the one suffering from the open redirect) rather than the site the file was actually downloaded from. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 81, Thunderbird < 78.3, and Firefox ESR < 78.3.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15677
firefox-esr
Fixed versions: 78.3.0esr-1
firefox-esr
Fixed versions: 78.3.0esr-1
firefox-esr
Fixed versions: 78.3.0esr-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:78.3.1-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:78.3.1-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:78.3.1-1
Complete source record
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