6.5

CVE-2020-12474: telegram

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-12474DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12474
Published 01-05-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-12474 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in telegram. EPSS estimates a 2.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% 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
2.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Telegram Desktop through 2.0.1, Telegram through 6.0.1 for Android, and Telegram through 6.0.1 for iOS allow an IDN Homograph attack via Punycode in a public URL or a group chat invitation URL.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.59% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.59%

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

Telegram2 products
Debian1 product
  • telegram-desktop< 2.1.0+ds-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • telegram-desktopAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

4 links