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CVE-2018-5161

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Description

Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

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https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411720

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-06-11

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.013

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