CVE-2019-11703 (GCVE-0-2019-11703)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-23 13:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 23:03
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Summary
A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in parser_get_next_char when processing certain email messages, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7.1.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Heap buffer overflow in icalparser.c
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Thunderbird Affected: unspecified , < 60.7.1 (custom)
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