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CVE-2020-10858

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone...

5.3 Medium

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone due to a missing permission request handler.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.09%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.3

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone due to a missing permission request handler.

Record
CVE-2020-10858
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone due to a missing permission request handler.

Record
CVE-2020-10858
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3264No score

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone due to a missing permission request handler.

Record
EUVD-2020-3264
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wrq6-7947-r2fcNo score

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone...

Zulip Desktop before 5.0.0 allows attackers to perform recording via the webcam and microphone due to a missing permission request handler.

Record
GHSA-wrq6-7947-r2fc
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-10858 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Zulip Desktop, published February 5, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.09%, the 65th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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