Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:60.7.2-2.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
4.07% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-1671839
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Jul 2019

Introduced: 23 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-11706  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:60.7.2-2.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1250.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird-debuginfo package and not the thunderbird-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a type confusion in icaltimezone_get_vtimezone_properties when processing certain email messages, resulting in a crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 60.7.1.

CVSS Scores

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