Mozilla Firefox ESR/Thunderbird up to 52.7 Lightweight Theme Message Header input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Mozilla Firefox ESR and Thunderbird up to 52.7. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Lightweight Theme. Executing a manipulation as part of Message Header can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-5161. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox ESR and Thunderbird up to 52.7 (Mail Client Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Lightweight Theme. The manipulation as part of a Message Header leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Crafted message headers can cause a Thunderbird process to hang on receiving the message. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

The bug was discovered 05/18/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/11/2018 by Ronald Crane (Alex) with Dell as Bug 1411720 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-5161 since 01/03/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110109 (Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2018-1726)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 351295 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2018-1032).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (110109) and SecurityFocus (BID 104136†). The entries VDB-117589, VDB-117590, VDB-117591 and VDB-117596 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 110109
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2018-1726)
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OpenVAS ID: 855357
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for thunderbird USN-3660-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 1411720
Researcher: Ronald Crane (Alex)
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5161 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5161
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119362

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SecurityFocus: 104136 - Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040946

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/12/2018 10:18
Updated: 03/22/2023 14:24
Changes: 06/12/2018 10:18 (79), 02/18/2020 09:34 (7), 03/22/2023 14:24 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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