CVE-2024-8394

NameCVE-2024-8394
DescriptionWhen aborting the verification of an OTR chat session, an attacker could have caused a use-after-free bug leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.2.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
thunderbird (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:68.9.0-1~deb8u2vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1:91.10.0-1~deb9u1vulnerable
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:115.12.0-1~deb10u1vulnerable
bullseye1:115.12.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:128.5.0esr-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.16.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:128.5.0esr-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:128.5.2esr-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
thunderbirdsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
thunderbirdsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
thunderbirdsourcebuster(unfixed)end-of-life
thunderbirdsourcebullseye(not affected)
thunderbirdsourcebookworm(not affected)
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1:128.2.0esr-1

Notes

[bookworm] - thunderbird <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[bullseye] - thunderbird <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43/#CVE-2024-8394

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