Mozilla Thunderbird up to 17.0.10 HTML HTML injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 17.0.10. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation leads to HTML injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 17.0.10 (Mail Client Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component HTML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a html injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 17.x through 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x through 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message containing a data: URL in a (1) OBJECT or (2) EMBED element, a related issue to CVE-2013-6674.

The weakness was presented 02/06/2014 by Ateeq ur Rehman Khan as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-2018 since 02/17/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69991 (Thunderbird 17.x through 23.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94032), Tenable (69991), SecurityFocus (BID 65620†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43466†). See VDB-12086 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: HTML injection
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 69991
Nessus Name: Thunderbird 17.x through 23.x Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 803669
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Thunderbird ESR Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities Feb14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Ateeq ur Rehman Khan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-2018 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2018
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65963

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X-Force: 94032 - Multiple Mozilla products e-mail cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 65620 - Mozilla Thunderbird/Seamonkey CVE-2014-2018 HTML Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1029773
Vulnerability Center: 43466 - Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote HTML Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2018), Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 04/23/2025 23:57
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (75), 05/22/2017 09:20 (3), 01/18/2022 14:38 (3), 01/18/2022 14:41 (2), 10/20/2024 13:02 (17), 04/23/2025 23:57 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:3E2:103

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