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Unscored USN-3897-1 7 CVEs

thunderbird vulnerabilities

Published Feb 26, 2019 · Updated Apr 27, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

A use-after-free was discovered in libical. If a user were tricked in to
opening a specially crafted ICS calendar file, an attacker could
potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5824)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird. If a user were
tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could
potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service, or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18356, CVE-2018-18500, CVE-2019-5785)

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,
gain additional privileges by escaping the sandbox, or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2018-18501, CVE-2018-18505)

An issue was discovered with S/MIME signature verification in some
circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this by spoofing
signatures for arbitrary content. (CVE-2018-18509)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS thunderbird 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS thunderbird 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS thunderbird 1:60.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5824
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18356
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18500
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18501
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18505
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18509
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5785