CVE-2019-11706 Memory corruption in Thunderbird

High 7.5 Published Updated

A type confusion flaw in Thunderbird's iCal implementation allows attackers to cause a crash via crafted email messages.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-11706?

CVE-2019-11706 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 23 Jul 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a type confusion in icaltimezone_get_vtimezone_properties when processing certain email messages, resulting in a crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7.1.

Weakness: CWE-843

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11706?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2019-11706?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-11706 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11706 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11706, GHSA-mj34-7h26-pj8g, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11706.

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