Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-18512

critical

CVE-2018-18512

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notific ...

Published Modified CWE 416
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although the sound is still being played asynchronously, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11thunderbird1:60.5.0-1
debian 12thunderbird1:60.5.0-1
debian 13thunderbird1:60.5.0-1
debian 14thunderbird1:60.5.0-1
debian 8thunderbird1:60.5.1-1~deb8u1
debian 9thunderbird1:60.5.1-1~deb9u1
echothunderbird1:60.5.0-1

References

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