CVE-2018-5185
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-11 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 05:26
Severity ?
Summary
Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
References
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104240Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1450345Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
security@mozilla.orghttps://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
MozillaThunderbird ESR
MozillaThunderbird
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