6.5

CVE-2020-11879: gnome evolution

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2023:3375-1UBUNTU-CVE-2020-11879DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11879
Published 17-04-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-11879 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in gnome evolution. EPSS estimates a 2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.76%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-04-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make Evolution attach local files or directories to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=. value.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 2.77% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Suse2 products
  • evolution&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5< 3.22.6-19.14.1
  • evolution&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5< 3.22.6-19.14.1
Debian1 product
  • evolution< 3.36.0-1
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • evolutionAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 5 products

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