When Thunderbird asked for a security device password (for example a smartcard PIN or the Primary Password) while decrypting an S/MIME message, the…
When Thunderbird asked for a security device password (for example a smartcard PIN or the Primary Password) while decrypting an S/MIME message, the message load could finish or be cancelled while the prompt was open. This freed the message decoder while it was still in use, causing a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability was fixed in Thunderbird 158.0.1.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Mozilla
- Product
- Thunderbird
- CVSS
- 5.4
- Fix
- available
- Exposure class
Why it ranks 20 (Routine)
- CVSS 5.4 medium
- Exposed product class: email
- Fix available
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.