USN-3529-1

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    USN-3529-1

    Published: 29 Jan 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: thunderbird vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that a From address encoded with a null character is cut off in the message header display. An attacker could potentially exploit this to spoof the sender address. (CVE-2017-7829) It was discovered that it is possible to execute JavaScript in RSS feeds in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this in combination with another vulnerability, in order to cause unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-7846) It was discovered that the RSS feed can leak local path names. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2017-7847) It was discovered that RSS feeds are vulnerable to new line injection. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted RSS feed, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-7848) Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, execute arbitrary code, or cause other unspecified effects. (CVE-2018-5089, CVE-2018-5095, CVE-2018-5096, CVE-2018-5097, CVE-2018-5098, CVE-2018-5099, CVE-2018-5102, CVE-2018-5103, CVE-2018-5104, CVE-2018-5117)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3529-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7829, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7846, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7847, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7848, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5089, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5095, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5096, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5097, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5098, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5099, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5102, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5103, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5104, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5117

    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