Sites can bypass security checks on permissions to install lightweight themes by manipulating the "baseURI" property of the theme element. This could allow a malicious site to install a theme without user interaction which could contain offensive or embarrassing images. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.8, Thunderbird ESR < 52.8, Firefox < 60, and Firefox ESR < 52.8.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | alpine-linux-upgrade-firefox-esr | May 23, 2018 | May 16, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbirdamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Arch Linux | View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗View advisory ↗ | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 11, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-firefoxcentos-upgrade-firefox-debuginfocentos-upgrade-thunderbirdcentos-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo | May 22, 2018 | May 9, 2018 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-firefox-esrdebian-upgrade-thunderbird | May 12, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | |
| Freebsd | freebsd-upgrade-package-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-waterfoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-seamonkeyfreebsd-upgrade-package-firefox-esrfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-firefoxfreebsd-upgrade-package-libxulfreebsd-upgrade-package-thunderbirdfreebsd-upgrade-package-linux-thunderbird | May 10, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbirdgentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-client-thunderbird-bingentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefoxgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin | Oct 3, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Mfsa2018 11 | mozilla-firefox-upgrade-60_0 | May 10, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | |
| Mfsa2018 12 | mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-52_8 | May 10, 2018 | May 9, 2018 | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird | mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-52_8 | May 22, 2018 | May 18, 2018 | |
| Oracle Solaris | oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-52-8-0-0-175-3-33-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-mail-thunderbird-plugin-thunderbird-lightning-52-8-0-0-175-3-33-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-52-8-0-0-175-3-33-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-browser-firefox-plugin-firefox-java-52-8-0-0-175-3-33-0-4-0oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-web-data-firefox-bookmarks-52-8-0-0-175-3-33-0-4-0 | Jun 18, 2018 | Jun 11, 2018 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-firefoxoracle-linux-upgrade-thunderbird | May 15, 2018 | May 9, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | redhat-upgrade-firefoxredhat-upgrade-firefox-debuginforedhat-upgrade-thunderbirdredhat-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo | May 15, 2018 | May 9, 2018 |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-mozillafirefoxsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-develsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translationssuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillafirefox-translations-othersuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbirdsuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-buildsymbolssuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-develsuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-commonsuse-upgrade-mozillathunderbird-translations-other | May 12, 2018 | May 9, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-firefoxubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird | May 22, 2018 | May 9, 2018 |
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