CVE-2018-18509

thunderbird: flaw in verification of S/MIME signature resulting in signature spoofing

Published Apr 26, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw during verification of certain S/MIME signatures causes emails to be shown in Thunderbird as having a valid digital signature, even if the shown message contents aren't covered by the signature. The flaw allows an attacker to reuse a valid S/MIME signature to craft an email message with arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.1.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1678-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4392-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-10234 A flaw during verification of certain S/MIME signatures causes emails to be shown in Thunderbird as having a valid digital signature, even if the shown message contents aren't covered by the signature. The flaw allows an attacker to reuse a valid S/MIME signature to craft an email message with arbitrary content. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.1.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3897-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mozilla
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:08 AM
Reserved
Oct 19, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 26, 2019, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:47 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 14, 2019, 12:00 AM