UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18512

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18512

    Published: 26 Apr 2019Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-18512

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18512, https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/#CVE-2018-18512, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659, https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: thunderbird

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:60.6.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High