6.5

CVE-2020-11880: kde kmail

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-11880DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11880
Published 17-04-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-11880 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in kde kmail. EPSS estimates a 0.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.95%
0%100%
Low · +0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
USN-7729-1USN-7731-1

Timeline

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

Description

An issue was discovered in KDE KMail before 19.12.3. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make KMail attach local files to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=.bash_history value.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.10 pp

From 0.85% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.95%

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

Ubuntu2 products
  • kdepim< 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2+esm1 | < 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
  • kmail< 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1 | < 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1
Debian1 product
  • kmail< 4:20.04.1-1
Kde1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links