CVE-2018-5162Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in Mozilla Thunderbird

Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages8 packages

CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified52.8
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 52.8.0
CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbird_esrunspecified52.8
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

3
GHSA
GHSA-644r-rpv6-w4x6: Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-5162: Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links2018-06-11
OSV
CVE-2018-5162: Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links2018-06-11

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2018-05-25
Red Hat
Mozilla: Encrypted mail leaks plaintext through src attribute2018-05-18
Red Hat
S/MIME: CBC gadget attacks allows to exfiltrate plaintext out of encrypted emails2018-05-14
Debian
CVE-2018-5162: thunderbird - Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote image...2018

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-10908 vdsm: calls to qemu-img are not protected by prlimit/ulimit2018-07-20
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5162 Mozilla: Encrypted mail leaks plaintext through src attribute2018-05-21
CVE-2018-5162 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data | cvebase