{"id":"USN-3793-1","summary":"thunderbird vulnerabilities","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","modified":"2026-04-22T09:50:52.741978Z","published":"2018-10-15T21:08:12Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12376","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12377","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12378","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12383","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12385"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-12376","CVE-2018-12377","CVE-2018-12378","CVE-2018-12383","CVE-2018-12385","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12376","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12377","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12378","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12383","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12385"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3793-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12376"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12377"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12378"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12383"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12385"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"thunderbird","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/thunderbird@1:60.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:60.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2"}]}],"versions":["1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu1","1:24.0+build1-0ubuntu2","1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.1","1:24.1.1+build1-0ubuntu1","1:24.2.0+build1-0ubuntu1","1:24.4.0+build1-0ubuntu1","1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.1.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.2.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:31.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.4.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3","1:45.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4","1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:45.5.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:45.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:45.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.2.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2","1:52.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","1:52.9.1+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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