CVE-2018-18509 (GCVE-0-2018-18509)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-04-26 16:13
Modified
2024-08-05 11:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • S/MIME signature spoofing
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Thunderbird Version: unspecified   < 60.5.1
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