CVE-2018-5184

Affected: Mozilla Thunderbird ESR, Mozilla Thunderbird

Using remote content in encrypted messages can lead to the disclosure of plaintext. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

USN-3660-1 — thunderbird vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: thunderbird, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: thunderbird, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS: thunderbird

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, install lightweight themes without user interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154, CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178)

An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application hang. (CVE-2018-5161)

It was discovered encrypted messages could leak plaintext via the src attribute of remote images or links. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5162)

It was discovered that the filename of an attachment could be spoofed. An attacker could potentially exploit this by tricking the user in to opening an attachment of a different type to the one expected. (CVE-2018-5170)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5183)

It was discovered that S/MIME encrypted messages with remote content could leak plaintext via a chosen-ciphertext attack. An attacker could potentially exploit…

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CVE-2018-5184

USN-3660-1 — thunderbird vulnerabilities