FKIE_CVE-2018-5161

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-11 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:59
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
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.
References
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=1411720Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720Issue Tracking, Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
mozilla thunderbird *
mozilla thunderbird_esr *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:59:44.677",
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