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MFSA2018-19 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60 (CVE-2018-5156)

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MFSA2018-19 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60 (CVE-2018-5156)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/06/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/07/2018
Modified
12/07/2018

Description

A vulnerability can occur when capturing a media stream when the media source type is changed as the capture is occurring. This can result in stream data being cast to the wrong type causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60, Firefox ESR < 60.1, Firefox ESR < 52.9, and Firefox < 61.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-60_0

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