CVE-2024-8394
Publication date 6 September 2024
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
When aborting the verification of an OTR chat session, an attacker could have caused a use-after-free bug leading to a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 128.2.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | 24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |