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CVE-2018-18512 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659 CVEIssue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659 [email protected]Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/ [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla thunderbird
< 65.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-18512
NVD Published Date:
Apr 26, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-18512 Details - Not Deferred