CVE-2018-5170

NameCVE-2018-5170
DescriptionIt is possible to spoof the filename of an attachment and display an arbitrary attachment name. This could lead to a user opening a remote attachment which is a different file type than expected. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1382-1, DSA-4209-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
thunderbird (PTS)bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:128.5.0esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
thunderbirdsourcewheezy1:52.8.0-1~deb7u1DLA-1382-1
thunderbirdsourcejessie1:52.8.0-1~deb8u1DSA-4209-1
thunderbirdsourcestretch1:52.8.0-1~deb9u1DSA-4209-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:52.8.0-1

Notes

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/#CVE-2018-5170

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