CVE-2016-1979 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.21% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-THUNDERBIRD-418631
  • published13 Mar 2016
  • disclosed13 Mar 2016

Introduced: 13 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-1979  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 thunderbird to version 1:38.8.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the PK11_ImportDERPrivateKeyInfoAndReturnKey function in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.21.1, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted key data with DER encoding.

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