CVE-2020-6798

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En general, este fallo no puede ser explotado por medio del correo electr\u00f3nico en el producto Thunderbird porque el scripting es deshabilitado cuando se lee el correo, pero es potencialmente un riesgo en el navegador o en contextos similares a los del navegador. 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