CVE-2018-12372 (GCVE-0-2018-12372)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-18 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:30
VLAI
Summary
Decrypted S/MIME parts, when included in HTML crafted for an attack, can leak plaintext when included in a a HTML reply/forward. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.9.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • S/MIME and PGP decryption oracles can be built with HTML emails
Assigner
References
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1419417 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-13 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4244 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2252 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2251 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3714-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 52.9 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-07-03 00:00
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