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MFSA2018-13 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.8 (CVE-2018-5162)

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MFSA2018-13 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 52.8 (CVE-2018-5162)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
05/18/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/22/2018
Modified
08/15/2018

Description

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-52_8

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