Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [,52.5.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2379060
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7829  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 52.5.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

CVSS Scores

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