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CVE-2019-11739

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11739 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird versions prior to 68.1 and 60.9, where encrypted S/MIME parts within a specially crafted multipart/alternative email can inadvertently leak plaintext when included in an HTML reply or forward. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a network attack vector and requires user interaction, potentially leading to a high impact on confidentiality. Despite its potential for information disclosure, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 60.9CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 68.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 60.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 68.0, < 68.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:60.9.0-1.el6_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:60.9.0-1.el7_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: thunderbird-0:60.9.0-2.el8_0
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11739Important

Mozilla: Covert Content Attack on S/MIME encryption using a crafted multipart/alternative message

Sep 15, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00010.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4150-1
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2019-29
Vendor Advisory
mozilla.org / security/advisories/mfsa2019-30
Vendor Advisory