CVE-2017-7829

Mozilla: From address with encoded null character is cut off in message header display

Published Jun 11, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
It is possible to spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient. The real sender's address is not displayed if preceded by a null character in the display string. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1223-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4075-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16804 It is possible to spoof the sender's email address and display an arbitrary sender address to the email recipient. The real sender's address is not displayed if preceded by a null character in the display string. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3529-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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