CVE-2017-7829
MEDIUMThunderbird < 52.5.2 - Email Sender Address Spoofing via Null Character Injection
Title source: llmDescription
It is possible to spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient. The real sender's address is not displayed if preceded by a null character in the display string. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00026.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3529-1/
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1423432
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102258
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040123
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-30/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4075
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0160
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (16)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
17.10
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
mozilla/thunderbird
< 52.5.2
redhat/enterprise_linux_aus
7.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
... and 6 more
Published
Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026