CVE-2018-5184 Information disclosure in Thunderbird

What is CVE-2018-5184?

CVE-2018-5184 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Jun 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Using remote content in encrypted messages can lead to the disclosure of plaintext. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

Weakness: CWE-326

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5184?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Thunderbird Esr, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5184?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-5184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5184, GHSA-p5x3-568x-9fq9, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5184.