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CVE-2018-18509
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-04-26T17:29:00.243 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:47:25.993

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.

Affected products

mozilla — thunderbird

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References

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