Is CVE-2018-5162 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-5162 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-5162?

CVE-2018-5162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-5162?

CVE-2018-5162 has an EPSS score of 1.98% (78th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-5162?

Upgrade thunderbird on debian 11 to 1:52.8.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-5162

HIGHEPSS 78th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through the src attribute of remote images, or links. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird ESR < 52.8 and Thunderbird < 52.8.

CWE-311

How to fix

Remediation Available

thunderbirdDebian

Fixed in:1:52.8.0-1CVE-2018-5162

thunderbirdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1USN-3660-1

Fixed in:1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1USN-3660-1

Fixed in:1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-3660-1

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:52.8.0Fixed in:52.8.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.98%probability of exploitation in 30 days

78thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 78% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Third-Party Advisory8

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.