CVE-2017-7829

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.76% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

52 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061
Fixedthunderbird-debuginfo-0:52.5.2-1.el7_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running instances of Thunderbird must be restarted for the update to take effect.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0061

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 1.4

v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimary

affected products (52)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Mozilla Thunderbirdunspecified → 52.5.2enisa_euvdEU
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 16.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 17.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird< 52.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux aus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
thunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
thunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
thunderbird-0:52.5.2-1.el6_9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2018:0061Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update2018-01-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-06-11modified 2026-06-17

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references (18)

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