Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.10.0-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1561349
- published 1 Jul 2020
- disclosed 9 Jul 2020
Introduced: 1 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-12419 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:68.10.0-1 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 callbacks that occurred during window flushing in the parent process, the associated window may die; causing a use-after-free condition. This could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.10, Firefox < 78, and Thunderbird < 68.10.0.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-12419
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12419
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-09
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-10
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1643874
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-24/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-25/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2020-26/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00027.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00049.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4421-1/