CVE-2018-5161

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 4.3
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-5161
  • Assigner
  • security@mozilla.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-11T21:29:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-03-13T13:43:48
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.8.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 52.8
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720 Issue Tracking Permissions Required
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5161
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5161
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:47:23 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:55:05 2018-06-11T21:29Z 2018-06-11T21:29:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:55:05 2019-03-13T13:43:48 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:55:05 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated