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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2019-11704 EUVD-2019-3374GHSA-7hpm-8887-xq76

A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote when processing certain email…

Published Jul 23, 2019 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

Vendor: Mozilla Product: Thunderbird Package: thunderbird Package: thunderbird Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote when processing certain email messages, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Mozilla Thunderbird unspecified – < 60.7.1 60.7.1

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 thunderbird 1:60.7.1-1 —
Debian 13 thunderbird 1:60.7.1-1 —
Debian 12 thunderbird 1:60.7.1-1 —
Debian 9 thunderbird 1:60.7.1-1~deb9u1 DSA-4464-1
Debian 8 thunderbird 1:60.7.1-1~deb8u1 DLA-1820-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS thunderbird 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 USN-4028-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS thunderbird 1:60.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 USN-4028-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8 thunderbird 60.7.2-2.el8_0 RHSA-2019:1623
RHEL 7 thunderbird 60.7.2-2.el7_6 RHSA-2019:1626
RHEL 6 thunderbird 60.7.2-2.el6_10 RHSA-2019:1624

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP1 MozillaThunderbird 60.7.0-3.36.1 SUSE-SU-2019:1683-1, SUSE-SU-2019:1495-1
SLES 15 MozillaThunderbird 60.7.0-3.36.1 SUSE-SU-2019:1683-1, SUSE-SU-2019:1495-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 12 MozillaThunderbird 60.7.2-85.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1664-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 91.1.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
openSUSE Leap 15.1 MozillaThunderbird 60.7.0-lp151.2.4.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1606-1, openSUSE-SU-2019:1583-1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 MozillaThunderbird 60.7.0-lp151.2.4.1 openSUSE-SU-2019:1606-1, openSUSE-SU-2019:1583-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 thunderbird 60.7.2-2.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2019-1250

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 8 thunderbird 60.7.2-2.0.1.el8_0 ELSA-2019-1623
Oracle Linux 7 thunderbird 60.7.2-2.0.1.el7_6 ELSA-2019-1626

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 15

References