CVE-2018-5178
Published: 10 May 2018
A buffer overflow was found during UTF8 to Unicode string conversion within JavaScript with extremely large amounts of data. This vulnerability requires the use of a malicious or vulnerable legacy extension in order to occur. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Thunderbird < 52.8, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
thunderbird
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
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)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(52.8.0)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.1 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |