CVE detail
CVE-2017-7848
RSS fields can inject new lines into the created email structure, modifying the message body. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Mozilla issued a critical security update to address five flaws in the popular open-source Thunderbird email client. The latest release, Thunderbird 52.5.2 version, fixes the vulnerabilities, including two issues rated as high, one rated moderate and another low. The most severe flaw fixed with the Thunderbird 52.5.2 version is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability (tracked as […]
newssecurityaffairs.comDec 27, 2017, 10:34 AM
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