Memory leak in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2017-7847

Vulnerability identifier: #VU9732

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7847

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to leak of local path string from specially crafted CSS and RSS feed. A remote attacker can reveal local path strings, which may contain user name.

Mozilla Thunderbird
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

Update to version 52.5.2.

• https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-30/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
• openSUSE update for MozillaThunderbird
• SUSE Linux update for Mozilla Thunderbird
• Debian update for thunderbird
• Gentoo update for Mozilla Thunderbird
• Red Hat update for thunderbird