CVE-2018-18512: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although…

PriorityP341critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.58%

73.0th percentile

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although the sound is still being played asynchronously, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	thunderbird	< thunderbird 1:60.5.0-1 (bookworm)	thunderbird 1:60.5.0-1 (bookworm)
mozilla	thunderbird	< 65.0	65.0
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:60.5.0-1	1:60.5.0-1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:60.5.0-1	1:60.5.0-1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:60.5.0-1	1:60.5.0-1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= 0 < 1:60.5.0-1	1:60.5.0-1
mozilla	thunderbird	>= unspecified < 60.5	60.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv9.8CRITICAL

vendor_debian9.8CRITICAL

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