Buffer Overflow Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.2.2-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.39% (87th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-THUNDERBIRD-474404
  • published22 Oct 2019
  • disclosed8 Jan 2020

Introduced: 22 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-11759  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 thunderbird to version 1:68.2.2-1~deb8u1 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An attacker could have caused 4 bytes of HMAC output to be written past the end of a buffer stored on the stack. This could be used by an attacker to execute arbitrary code or more likely lead to a crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 70, Thunderbird < 68.2, and Firefox ESR < 68.2.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1