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Unscored USN-3660-1 12 CVEs

thunderbird vulnerabilities

Published May 25, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS thunderbird 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS thunderbird 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS thunderbird 1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 12

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5150
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5154
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5155
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5159
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5161
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5162
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5168
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5170
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5178
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5183
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5184
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5185