#VU13555 Memory leak in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-12373

 

#VU13555 Memory leak in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-12373

Published: July 4, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13555
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12373
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Software vendor:
Mozilla

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to dDecrypted S/MIME parts hidden with CSS or <plaintext> can leak plaintext when included in a HTML reply/forward. A remote attacker can trigger memory leak and gain access to arbitrary data.


Remediation

Update to version 59.2.

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