Vulnerability · Published Dec 9, 2020 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2020-26965
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Firefox from Mozilla. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | librewolf | 83.0-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | thunderbird | 78.5.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Debian:12 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Debian:13 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Debian:14 | firefox-esr | 78.5.0esr-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:78.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Debian:13 | thunderbird | 1:78.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26965 |
| Debian:14 | thunderbird | 1:78.5.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-26965 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 83 |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | < 78.5 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 78.5 |
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661617 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/ x_refsource_CONFIRM