CVE-2018-5161

MEDIUM

Thunderbird <52.8 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 76.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (19)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
mozilla/thunderbird < 52.8.0
mozilla/thunderbird_esr < 52.8
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
... and 9 more
Published Jun 11, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026