Information disclosure in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5162

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Information disclosure in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-5162

Published: May 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12866
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5162
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can use the src attribute of remote images or links and disclose plaintext of decrypted emails.

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-2018-5162

Update to version 52.8.


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