Spoofing attack in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2017-7829
Published: December 25, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9734
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7829
CWE-ID: CWE-451
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 spoof browser address bar.
The vulnerability exists due to encoded null character is cut off in message header display. A remote attacker can spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7829
Update to version 52.5.2.