CVE-2017-7829
thunderbird - security update
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-7829
To remediate CVE-2017-7829, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/thunderbird—upgrade to 1:52.5.2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:52.5.2-1~deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2017-7829 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:52.5.2-1
- from 0, < 1:52.5.2-1~deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |