CVE catalog
CVE-2020-27748
xdg-utils: CVE-2020-27748
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.44% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in the xdg-email component of xdg-utils-1.1.0-rc1 and newer. When handling mailto: URIs, xdg-email allows attachments to be discreetly added via the URI when being passed to Thunderbird. An attacker could potentially send a victim a URI that automatically attaches a sensitive file to a new email. If a victim user does not notice that an attachment was added and sends the email, this could result in sensitive information disclosure. It has been confirmed that the code behind this issue is in xdg-email and not in Thunderbird.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xdg-utils | sid | 1.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | xdg-utils | forky | 1.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | xdg-utils | trixie | 1.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Debian | xdg-utils | bookworm | 1.1.3-4.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.4 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-2ubuntu1.20.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.0~rc3+git20150907-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-2ubuntu1.20.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | 20.04 | 1.1.3-2ubuntu1.20.04.2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | xdg-utils | source | sid | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975370] |
| Debian | xdg-utils | source | forky | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975370] |
| Debian | xdg-utils | source | trixie | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975370] |
| Debian | xdg-utils | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [975370] |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | deb | 16.04 | 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.16.04.4 | Not reported | USN-4649-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | deb | 18.04 | 1.1.2-1ubuntu2.4 | Not reported | USN-4649-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | xdg-utils | deb | 20.04 | 1.1.3-2ubuntu1.20.04.1 | Not reported | USN-4649-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[trixie] xdg-utils: Minor issue; regression potential; revisit when fixed upstream [bookworm] xdg-utils: Minor issue; regression potential; revisit when fixed upstream
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [xdg-utils]Affected
Details (2)
1.1.3-4.1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · xdg-utils · debian · bookworm; dsa · xdg-utils · debian · 12
1.1.3-4.1· all · bookwormAffected
dsa · xdg-utils · debian · bookworm; dsa · xdg-utils · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [xdg-utils]Affected
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· all · trixieAffected
dsa · xdg-utils · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· all · trixieAffected
dsa · xdg-utils · debian · 13
Observed: