NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.5.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1560928
- published 11 Feb 2020
- disclosed 2 Mar 2020
Introduced: 11 Feb 2020
CVE-2020-6795 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.5.0-1 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.
When processing a message that contains multiple S/MIME signatures, a bug in the MIME processing code caused a null pointer dereference, leading to an unexploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-6795
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-10
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-07/
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1611105
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4328-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4335-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-6795
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