CVE-2017-7848

Publication date 29 December 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

RSS fields can inject new lines into the created email structure, modifying the message body. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
thunderbird	17.10 artful	Fixed 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.17.10.1
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3529-1
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
29 January 2018

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