USN-3660-1: thunderbird Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-3660-1 is a vulnerability in thunderbird Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 25-05-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 22-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

thunderbird vulnerabilities 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 via application crash, install lightweight themes without user interaction, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5150, CVE-2018-5154, CVE-2018-5155, CVE-2018-5159, CVE-2018-5168, CVE-2018-5178) An issue was discovered when processing message headers in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application hang. (CVE-2018-5161) It was discovered encrypted messages could leak plaintext via the src attribute of remote images or links. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5162) It was discovered that the filename of an attachment could be spoofed. An attacker could potentially exploit this by tricking the user in to opening an attachment of a different type to the one expected. (CVE-2018-5170) Multiple security issues were discovered in Skia. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5183) It was discovered that S/MIME encrypted messages with remote content could leak plaintext via a chosen-ciphertext attack. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5184) It was discovered that plaintext of decrypted emails could leak by submitting an embedded form. An attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5185)

No weakness data has been published for this record.