CVE-2018-18509
Description
A flaw during verification of certain S/MIME signatures causes emails to be shown in Thunderbird as having a valid digital signature, even if the shown message contents arent covered by the signature. The flaw allows an attacker to reuse a valid S/MIME signature to craft an email message with arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.1.
Risk Information
Base Score
5.3
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.262
Associated Vulnerability
| Vulnerability | OS Platform |
|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities CVE-2018-18509 are affected in Mozilla Thunderbird for Mac 60.5.0 | Mac |
| thunderbird security update(DSA-4392-1) thunderbird_60.5.1-1~deb9u1_i386.deb | Linux |
| thunderbird security update(DSA-4392-1) thunderbird_60.5.1-1~deb9u1_amd64.deb | Linux |
| (RHSA-2019:1144) thunderbird security update thunderbird-60.6.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
| (RHSA-2019:1144) thunderbird security update thunderbird-debugsource-60.6.1-1.el8.x86_64.rpm | Linux |
Patch Details
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| Patch ID | Patch Description |
|---|---|
| PATCH-611807 | Mozilla Thunderbird For Mac (142.0) |
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234