By encoding Unicode whitespace characters within the From email header, an attacker can spoof the sender email address that Thunderbird displays. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.8.0.
Weakness
The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderbird | Mozilla | * | 68.8.0 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | thunderbird-0:68.8.0-1.el6_10 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | thunderbird-0:68.8.0-1.el7_8 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | thunderbird-0:68.8.0-1.el8_2 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions | RedHat | thunderbird-0:68.8.0-1.el8_0 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support | RedHat | thunderbird-0:68.8.0-1.el8_1 | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Thunderbird | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/111.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/141.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/142.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/160.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/21.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/385.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/386.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/387.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/388.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/510.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/60.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/75.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/76.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617370
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1617370
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-03
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4373-1/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-18/