USN-2973-1: thunderbird Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-2973-1 is a vulnerability in thunderbird Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 5 · Downstream 0 · Related 5Timeline
- 19-05-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
thunderbird vulnerabilities Christian Holler, Tyson Smith, and Phil Ringalda discovered multiple memory safety issues 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 via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2805, CVE-2016-2807) Hanno Böck discovered that calculations with mp_div and mp_exptmod in NSS produce incorrect results in some circumstances, resulting in cryptographic weaknesses. (CVE-2016-1938) A use-after-free was discovered in ssl3_HandleECDHServerKeyExchange in NSS. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1978) A use-after-free was discovered in PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey in NSS. A remote attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1979)
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EPSS trend
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Known exploited
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CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu1 product
- thunderbird< 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1 vendor · 1 product