4.3

CVE-2020-6792: canonical ubuntu_linux Use of Uninitialized Resource

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-6792DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6792
Published 02-03-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-6792 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 5
DLA-2104-1DSA-4625-1MGASA-2020-0091OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0231-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1RHSA-2020:0565

Timeline

  1. 02-03-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

When deriving an identifier for an email message, uninitialized memory was used in addition to the message contents. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.33% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.33%

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

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • thunderbird< 1:68.5.0-1
Mozilla1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • thunderbird< 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 | < 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

4 vendors · 4 products

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