CVE-2020-26965
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Summary
Some websites have a feature "Show Password" where clicking a button will change a password field into a textbook field, revealing the typed password. If, when using a software keyboard that remembers user input, a user typed their password and used that feature, the type of the password field was changed, resulting in a keyboard layout change and the possibility for the software keyboard to remember the typed password. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | < 83 | affected |
| Mozilla | Firefox ESR | < 78.5 | affected |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | < 78.5 | affected |
Weaknesses
- Software keyboards may have remembered typed passwords
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661617
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1661617
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-50/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-52/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-51/
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