Vulnerability · Published Apr 17, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11880
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the kmail package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 38.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in KDE KMail before 19.12.3. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make KMail attach local files to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=.bash_history value.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | kmail | 4:20.04.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11880 |
| Debian:13 | kmail | 4:20.04.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11880 |
| Debian:14 | kmail | 4:20.04.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11880 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/commit/?id=2a348eccd352260f192d9b449492071bbf2b34b1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://cgit.kde.org/kmail.git/tag/?h=v19.12.3 x_refsource_MISC