Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:60.7.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    4.07% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1561300
  • published 14 Jun 2019
  • disclosed 23 Jul 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:60.7.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High