CVE-2024-1936
HIGHDescription
The encrypted subject of an email message could be incorrectly and permanently assigned to an arbitrary other email message in Thunderbird's local cache. Consequently, when replying to the contaminated email message, the user might accidentally leak the confidential subject to a third-party. While this update fixes the bug and avoids future message contamination, it does not automatically repair existing contaminations. Users are advised to use the repair folder functionality, which is available from the context menu of email folders, which will erase incorrect subject assignments. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 115.8.1.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-13937 | Medium | 5.3 | 78% | - | - |
| CVE-2018-25031 | Medium | 4.3 | 42% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-27170 | Critical | 9.8 | 16% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-41723 | Medium | 4.3 | 12% | - | - |
| CVE-2020-1493 | Medium | 5.5 | 7.3% | - | - |
| CVE-2024-30896 | Critical | 9.1 | 5.2% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2024-1936?
Published advisories record a fix for 9 affected products. The "How to fix" section on this page lists the fixed version and source advisory for each one, so apply the entry matching what you actually run.
Is CVE-2024-1936 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2024-1936 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.68% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 49% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2024-1936?
CVE-2024-1936 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2024-1936 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for thunderbird (Debian), thunderbird (Red Hat / RHEL), thunderbird (Rocky), thunderbird-debuginfo (Rocky), and 5 more. Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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