CVE-2018-18512

CRITICAL

Thunderbird < 60.5 - Use-After-Free in Sound Notification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0042
EPSS Percentile 62.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (1)
mozilla/thunderbird < 65.0
Published Apr 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026