Memory leak in Mozilla Thunderbird - CVE-2018-12374
Published: July 4, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13556
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-12374
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Mozilla Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to plaintext of decrypted emails can leak through. A remote attacker can submit an embedded form by press enter key within a text input field, submit an embedded form, trigger memory leak and gain access to arbitrary data.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-12374
Update to version 59.2.