CVE-2018-5161
published 2018-06-11CVE-2018-5161: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird <…
PriorityP417medium4.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAL
EPSS
2.08%
79.5th percentile
Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
Affected
29 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | thunderbird | < thunderbird 1:52.8.0-1 (bookworm) | thunderbird 1:52.8.0-1 (bookworm) |
| mozilla | thunderbird | < 52.8.0 | 52.8.0 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0-1 | 1:52.8.0-1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 0 < 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= unspecified < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| mozilla | thunderbird_esr | >= unspecified < 52.8 | 52.8 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_aus | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server_eus | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.04.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-84hm-54h2-wr3c: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-5161 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-84hm-54h2-wr3c: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message
Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
OSV
CVE-2018-5161: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message
osv·2018-06-11·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5161 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-5161: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message
Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities
osv·2018-05-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] thunderbird vulnerabilities
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, install lightweight themes without user
interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)
An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)
It was discovered encrypted messages could leak plaintext via the src
attribute of remote images or links. An
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-05-25·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-5150 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Thunderbird.
Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, install lightweight themes without user
interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154,
CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)
An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If
a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker
could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via
application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)
It was discovered encrypted messages coul
Red Hat
Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers
vendor_redhat·2018-05-18·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5161 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers
Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers
Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-5161: thunderbird - Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-5161 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-5161: thunderbird - Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the...
Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:52.8.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:52.8.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:52.8.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:52.8.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:52.8.0-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
2018-06-11
Published