CVE-2018-18493

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-18493  

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Statement

In general, this flaw be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled when reading mail, but are potentially risks in browser or browser-like contexts.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.5
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2019:0159 2019-01-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) RHSA-2019:0160 2019-01-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2018:3831 2018-12-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2018:3833 2018-12-17

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Atte Kettunen as the original reporter.

External References