Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-5170
CVE-2018-5170
Description
It 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.
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Affected products
4<52.8+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <52.8
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
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