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MFSA2019-03 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60.5 (CVE-2018-18500)

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MFSA2019-03 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60.5 (CVE-2018-18500)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/29/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/30/2019
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while parsing an HTML5 stream in concert with custom HTML elements. This results in the stream parser object being freed while still in use, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5, Firefox ESR < 60.5, and Firefox < 65.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-60_5

References

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