PT-2019-9599 · Mozilla+1 · Thunderbird+1

Wayne Mery · Published 2019-01-29 · Updated 2020-03-18 · CVE-2018-18512

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Thunderbird versions prior to 60.5

Description A use-after-free issue can occur in Thunderbird when playing a sound notification. The memory containing the sound data is freed immediately, even though the sound is still being played asynchronously, which can lead to a potentially exploitable crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 60.5, update to version 60.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1166

ALT-PU-2020-1515

CVE-2018-18512

DLA-1678-1

DSA-4392-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Thunderbird

References · 12

• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18512 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18512 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18512 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18512 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18512 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4392-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18512 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18512 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1678-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/#CVE-2018-18512 · Vendor Advisory