CVE-2018-18512 — Use After Free in Mozilla Thunderbird

CWE-416 — Use After Free4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 38.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla ThunderbirdDebian Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedApr 26
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/thunderbird< thunderbird 1:60.5.0-1 (bookworm)
▶CVEListV5mozilla/thunderbirdunspecified — 60.5
▶Debianmozilla/thunderbird< 1:60.5.0-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-2mgp-6265-vwf6: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-18512: A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird↗2019-04-26
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2018-18512: thunderbird - A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in T...↗2018
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