UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5170

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5170

    Published: 23 May 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5170
    Aliases:
    USN-3660-1

    Summary:

    Details: It is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5170, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/#CVE-2018-5170, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3660-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5170

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: thunderbird

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:52.8.0+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