CVE-2019-11755
thunderbird: spoofing a message author via a crafted S/MIME
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 30, 2019
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
A crafted S/MIME message consisting of an inner encryption layer and an outer SignedData layer was shown as having a valid digital signature, although the signer might have had no access to the contents of the encrypted message, and might have stripped a different signature from the encrypted message. Previous versions had only suppressed showing a digital signature for messages with an outer multipart/signed layer. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.1.1.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing