Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.6.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560720
- published 10 Mar 2020
- disclosed 25 Mar 2020
Introduced: 10 Mar 2020
CVE-2020-6805 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.6.0-1 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.
When removing data about an origin whose tab was recently closed, a use-after-free could occur in the Quota manager, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.6, Firefox < 74, Firefox < ESR68.6, and Firefox ESR < 68.6.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6805
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-08/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-09/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-10/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1610880
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6805
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