Potentially Exploitable Crash Vulnerability in Thunderbird < 128.2

CVE-2024-8394
6.5MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Thunderbird
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 September 2024

Summary

When aborting the verification of an OTR chat session, an attacker could have caused a use-after-free bug leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.2.

Affected Version(s)

Thunderbird < 128.2

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Thunderbird Team
.