Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:102.3.0-3.el8_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-THUNDERBIRD-3030654
  • published22 Sept 2022
  • disclosed20 Sept 2022

Introduced: 20 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40960  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 thunderbird to version 0:102.3.0-3.el8_6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Concurrent use of the URL parser with non-UTF-8 data was not thread-safe. This could lead to a use-after-free causing a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 102.3, Thunderbird < 102.3, and Firefox < 105.

CVSS Scores

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