CVE-2018-5170

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Thunderbird
PublishedJun 11, 2018
First seenJun 11, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla thunderbirdv < 52.8.052.8.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus7.5, 7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus7.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation6.0, 7.0—
mozilla thunderbird_esrv < 52.8.052.8.0
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04—

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