Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through by user submitting an embedded form. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-5185 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| 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 |
| 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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