If a user saved passwords before Thunderbird 60 and then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords is still accessible. This is because the older stored password file was not deleted when the data was copied to a new format starting in Thunderbird 60. The new master password is added only on the new file. This could allow the exposure of stored password data outside of user expectations. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
CVE-2020-6794
This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 39% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 59.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 2, 2020
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (10)
- security@mozillahttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606619
- security@mozillahttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
- security@mozillahttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- security@mozillahttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- security@mozillahttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1606619
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.10.1) @ eoan | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xul-ext-lightning (1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2) @ xenial | 2026-05-27 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.5.0-1.el6_10 | 2020-02-24 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.5.0-1.el7_7 | 2020-02-24 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.5.0-1.el8_1 | 2020-02-24 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:68.5.0-1.el8_0 | 2020-02-20 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(6)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0565MODERATE2020-02-11
RHSA-2020:0565 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0574MODERATE2020-02-11
RHSA-2020:0574 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0576MODERATE2020-02-11
RHSA-2020:0576 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2020:0577MODERATE2020-02-11
RHSA-2020:0577 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-4328-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-4335-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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