Improper input validation in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5161

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Improper input validation in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5161

Published: May 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12861
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5161
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can use specially crafted message headers and cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message.


Affected software

Mozilla Thunderbird
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
openSUSE Leap

How to mitigate CVE-2018-5161

Update to version 52.8.


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