Vulnerability · Published Mar 4, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla
CVE-2024-1936
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Thunderbird from Mozilla. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
The encrypted subject of an email message could be incorrectly and permanently assigned to an arbitrary other email message in Thunderbird's local cache. Consequently, when replying to the contaminated email message, the user might accidentally leak the confidential subject to a third-party. While this update fixes the bug and avoids future message contamination, it does not automatically repair existing contaminations. Users are advised to use the repair folder functionality, which is available from the context menu of email folders, which will erase incorrect subject assignments. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.8.1.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | thunderbird | 115.9.0-1.el8_9.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1494 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | thunderbird | 115.9.0-1.el9_3.alma.1 | ALSA-2024:1493 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1936 |
| Debian:12 | thunderbird | 1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1 | DSA-5644-1 |
| Debian:13 | thunderbird | 1:115.8.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1936 |
| Debian:14 | thunderbird | 1:115.8.1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1936 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | thunderbird | 0:115.9.0-1.el8_9 | RLSA-2024:1494 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2024-1936 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:115.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-6669-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | unspecified – before 115.8.1 |
Weakness: CWE-922 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H