CVE-2018-5170
Moderate
CVE-2018-5170
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.
Exploit probability
1.8%
Published
June 11, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-5170
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00013.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3660-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4209
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-13/