CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-5170
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• mozilla thunderbird (< 52.8.0)
• mozilla thunderbird esr (< 52.8.0)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732 Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ Vendor Advisory