CVE-2018-5170
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5170
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5170.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-5170
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-11T21:29:15Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040946
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1725
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1726
- 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/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1411732