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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3769-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5644-1 thunderbird security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6669-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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History

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Mozilla
Mozilla thunderbird
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:45:00 +0000

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Description 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. 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.

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-922

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-11-26T13:34:08.344Z

Reserved: 2024-02-27T15:09:51.732Z

Link: CVE-2024-1936

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T18:56:22.343Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-03-04T22:15:46.733

Modified: 2025-06-30T12:12:04.080

Link: CVE-2024-1936

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2024-03-04T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-1936 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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