CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5184

Inadequate Encryption Strength

Published: Jun 11, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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

The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Debian_linux Debian 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 9.0 (including) 9.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat thunderbird-0:52.8.0-2.el6_9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat thunderbird-0:52.8.0-1.el7_5 *
Thunderbird Ubuntu artful *
Thunderbird Ubuntu bionic *
Thunderbird Ubuntu devel *
Thunderbird Ubuntu trusty *
Thunderbird Ubuntu upstream *
Thunderbird Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References