CVE-2020-15685

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.88% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

30 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

During the plaintext phase of the STARTTLS connection setup, protocol commands could have been injected and evaluated within the encrypted session. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.7.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0297
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0298
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.2)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0299
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397
Fixedthunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397
Fixedthunderbird-debugsource-0:78.7.0-1.el8_1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 8.1)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0397

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.16.5mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-77USprimaryCWE-924USCWE-94US

affected products (30)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Mozilla Thunderbirdunspecified → 78.7enisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 20.10fstec_bduRU
Mozilla Corp. Thunderbird≤ 78.7fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 15.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension≤ 15 SP2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension≤ 15 SP1fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8.2 Extended Update Supportfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 8.1 Extended Update Supportfstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
АО «ИВК» Альт 8 СПall versionsfstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 1.0fstec_bduRU
АО «Концерн ВНИИНС» ОС ОН «Стрелец»≤ 16.01.2023fstec_bduRU
АО «НППКТ» ОСОН ОСнова Оnyx≤ 2.1fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.2 Муромfstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 10fstec_bduRU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/Linux≤ 9fstec_bduRU
mozilla thunderbird< 78.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thunderbird-0:78.7.0-1.el7_9.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2021:0297Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update2021-01-28csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2021:0298Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update2021-01-28csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2021:0299Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update2021-01-28csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
RHSA-2021:0397Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update2021-02-03csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-12-22modified 2026-06-17

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references (17)

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