CVE-2018-5161 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Thunderbird

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents8 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 23.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
Mozilla ThunderbirdMozilla Thunderbird ESRCanonical Ubuntu Linux+7 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages8 packages

▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 52.8
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 52.8.0
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbird_esrunspecified — 52.8
▶Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:52.8.0-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04, Enterprise Linux 7.6, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-84hm-54h2-wr3c: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-5161: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message↗2018-06-11
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OSV
CVE-2018-5161: Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message↗2018-06-11
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2018-05-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2018-05-25
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers↗2018-05-18
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Debian
CVE-2018-5161: thunderbird - Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5161 Mozilla: Hang via malformed headers↗2018-05-21
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