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CVE-2018-5162

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.9%
percentile 80%
Public exploits
0
none known

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird ESR
  • Mozilla Thunderbird

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:1726 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201811-13 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3660-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1040946 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=1457721 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:1725 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4209 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/104240 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

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