USN-3023-1: thunderbird Ubuntu
Vulnerability summary
USN-3023-1 is a vulnerability in thunderbird Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 2 · Downstream 0 · Related 2Timeline
- 18-07-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
thunderbird vulnerabilities It was discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled memory allocation. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-1951) Christian Holler, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Tyson Smith, Timothy Nikkel, Sylvestre Ledru, Julian Seward, Olli Pettay, and Karl Tomlinson, 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-2016-2818)
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EPSS trend
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Known exploited
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Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu1 product
- thunderbird< 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 | < 1:45.2.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1 vendor · 1 product