CVE-2024-8394

CVE Details

Release Date:	2024-09-06
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

When 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.

See more information about CVE-2024-8394 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	6.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None
User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2024-6684	2024-09-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2024-6683	2024-09-20