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KLA12319 Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird

2021-10-0500:00:00
Kaspersky Lab
threats.kaspersky.com
19
mozilla thunderbird
vulnerabilities
denial of service
arbitrary code execution
update
cve-2021-38496
cve-2021-38500

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

10

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

65.9%

Multiple vulnerabilities were found in Mozilla Thunderbird. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, execute arbitrary code.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

  1. An use after free vulnerability in MessageTask can be exploited to cause denial of service.
  2. A memory safety vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Original advisories

MFSA2021-46

Related products

Mozilla-Thunderbird

CVE list

CVE-2021-38496 unknown

CVE-2021-38500 unknown

Solution

Update to the latest version

Download Thunderbird

Impacts

  • ACE

Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.

  • DoS

Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.

Affected Products

  • Mozilla Thunderbird earlier than 78.15

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

10

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

65.9%