Improper input validation in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5161
Published: May 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12861
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5161
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5161
Update to version 52.8.