Mozilla Thunderbird < 52.5.2

high Nessus Plugin ID 105507

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 52.5.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2017-30 advisory.

- It is possible to execute JavaScript in the parsed RSS feed when RSS feed is viewed as a website, e.g. via View -> Feed article -> Website or in the standard format of View -> Feed article -> default format. (CVE-2017-7846)

- A buffer overflow occurs when drawing and validating elements using Direct 3D 9 with the ANGLE graphics library, used for WebGL content. This is due to an incorrect value being passed within the library during checks and results in a potentially exploitable crash. Note: This attack only affects Windows operating systems. Other operating systems are unaffected. (CVE-2017-7845)

- Crafted CSS in an RSS feed can leak and reveal local path strings, which may contain user name.
(CVE-2017-7847)

- RSS fields can inject new lines into the created email structure, modifying the message body.
(CVE-2017-7848)

- It is possible to spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient. The real sender's address is not displayed if preceded by a null character in the display string. (CVE-2017-7829)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 52.5.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105507

File Name: mozilla_thunderbird_52_5_2.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/2/2018

Updated: 11/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7845

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7846

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Thunderbird

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7829, CVE-2017-7845, CVE-2017-7846, CVE-2017-7847, CVE-2017-7848

BID: 101832

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