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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

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  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <52.8.0
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird_esr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <52.8.0
    • (no CPE)range: <52.8
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
    • (no CPE)range: unspecified
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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