UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7829

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7829

    Published: 29 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7829
    Aliases:
    USN-3529-1

    Summary:

    Details: It is possible to spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient. The real sender's address is not displayed if preceded by a null character in the display string. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7829, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-30/#CVE-2017-7829, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3529-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7829

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: thunderbird

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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