CVE-2020-11880

Publication date 17 April 2020

Last updated 15 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kdepim 25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
21.10 impish Not in release
21.04 hirsute Not in release
20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
19.10 eoan Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2+esm1
kmail 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needed
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1+esm1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

ej7367

Fixed upstream in 20.03.80.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
kdepim
kmail

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7729-1
    • KDE PIM vulnerabilities
    • 2 September 2025
    • USN-7731-1
    • KMail vulnerabilities
    • 2 September 2025

Other references