Vulnerability CVE-2020-26965: Information

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.

Severity: MEDIUM (6.5) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Published: Dec. 9, 2020
Modified: Dec. 10, 2020
Error type identifier: CWE-212

Fixed packages

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      83.0

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      78.5

      cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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      78.5