usn-3793-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-10-15 21:08
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
thunderbird vulnerabilities
Details

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12377, CVE-2018-12378)

It was discovered that if a user saved passwords before Thunderbird 58 and then later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords would still be accessible. A local user could exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-12383)

A crash was discovered in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL, which could be triggered by data stored in the local cache directory. An attacker could potentially exploit this in combination with another vulnerability that allowed them to write data to the cache, to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12385)

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were\ntricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context,\nan attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service,\nor execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12376, CVE-2018-12377,\nCVE-2018-12378)\n\nIt was discovered that if a user saved passwords before Thunderbird 58 and\nthen later set a master password, an unencrypted copy of these passwords\nwould still be accessible. A local user could exploit this to obtain\nsensitive information. (CVE-2018-12383)\n\nA crash was discovered in TransportSecurityInfo used for SSL, which could\nbe triggered by data stored in the local cache directory. An attacker\ncould potentially exploit this in combination with another vulnerability\nthat allowed them to write data to the cache, to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2018-12385)\n",
  "id": "USN-3793-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:36Z",
  "published": "2018-10-15T21:08:12Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3793-1"
    },
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "thunderbird vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12377",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12378",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12383",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12385"
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}



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