CVE-2018-5185 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data in Mozilla Thunderbird

CWE-311 — Missing Encryption of Sensitive DataCWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure8 documents8 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 44.02%
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 13

Description

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form. 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:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

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-jx89-4j89-fggc: Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-5185: Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form↗2018-06-11
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OSV
CVE-2018-5185: Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form↗2018-06-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2018-05-25
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Leaking plaintext through HTML forms↗2018-05-18
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Debian
CVE-2018-5185: thunderbird - Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded fo...↗2018
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-5185 Mozilla: Leaking plaintext through HTML forms↗2018-05-21
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