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CVE-2018-5170

Published: 23 May 2018

It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (52.8.0)
xenial
Released (1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
artful
Released (1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
bionic
Released (1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
trusty
Released (1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N