{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-04-23T02:57:49+00:00","cve":"CVE-2018-18512","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2018-18512","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2018-18512.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18512","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18512"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2018-18512","description":"A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although the sound is still being played asynchronously, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@mozilla.org","published_at":"2019-04-26 17:29:00","updated_at":"2019-04-26 20:23:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-416"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/","name":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 60.5 — Mozilla","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659","name":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659","refsource":"MISC","tags":["Issue Tracking","Permissions Required","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"1482659 - (CVE-2018-18512) startup crash in soundInitWavHdr playing sound file for new mail","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18512","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18512","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"18512","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"mozilla","cpe5":"thunderbird","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"18512","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"mozilla","cpe5":"thunderbird","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[{"cve":"CVE-2018-18512","qid":"710177","title":"Gentoo Linux Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201904-07)"}]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"data_version":"4.0","references":{"reference_data":[{"url":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2019-03/"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659","refsource":"MISC","name":"https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1482659"}]},"description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although the sound is still being played asynchronously, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5."}]},"data_type":"CVE","affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"version":{"version_data":[{"version_affected":"<","version_value":"60.5"}]},"product_name":"Thunderbird"}]},"vendor_name":"Mozilla"}]}},"CVE_data_meta":{"ID":"CVE-2018-18512","ASSIGNER":"security@mozilla.org","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"data_format":"MITRE","problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Use-after-free during sound notifications"}]}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2019-04-26 17:29:00","lastModifiedDate":"2019-04-26 20:23:00","problem_types":["CWE-416"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":5.9},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL","baseScore":7.5},"severity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"65.0","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"18512","Ordinal":"135430","Title":"CVE-2018-18512","CVE":"CVE-2018-18512","Year":"2018"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"18512","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while playing a sound notification in Thunderbird. The memory storing the sound data is immediately freed, although the sound is still being played asynchronously, leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.5.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"18512","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2019-04-26","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"18512","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2019-04-26","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}