Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:78.5.0-1
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EPSS
0.36% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560698
- published 18 Nov 2020
- disclosed 9 Dec 2020
Introduced: 18 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-26959 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:78.5.0-1 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 Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
During browser shutdown, reference decrementing could have occured on a previously freed object, resulting in a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 83, Firefox ESR < 78.5, and Thunderbird < 78.5.
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