CVE-2018-5185

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-05-18
CWE:
CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1580241: CVE-2018-5185 Mozilla: Leaking plaintext through HTML forms

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Find out more about CVE-2018-5185 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2018:1725 2018-05-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2018:1726 2018-05-24

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