CVE-2019-11704

Thunderbird ESR < 60.7.XXX - 'icalmemorystrdupanddequote' Heap-Based Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote when processing certain email messages, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7.1.

Un fallo en la implementación de iCunder por parte de Thunderbird provoca un desbordamiento del búfer de pila en icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote cuando se procesan ciertos mensajes de correo electrónico, lo que resulta un fallo potencialmente explotable. Esta vulnerabilidad afecta a Thunderbird anterior a la 60.7.1.

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 60.7.2. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-05-03 CVE Reserved
2019-06-13 CVE Published
2019-06-14 First Exploit
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/153284	2019-06-14
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47002	2019-06-17
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1553814	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-20	2022-04-18
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-17	2022-04-18
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11704	2019-06-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1720006	2019-06-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 60.7.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 60.7.1"		-		Affected