Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:91.2.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-THUNDERBIRD-1730543
- published 6 Oct 2021
- disclosed 3 Nov 2021
Introduced: 6 Oct 2021
CVE-2021-38496 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 thunderbird to version 1:91.2.1-1 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 operations on MessageTasks, a task may have been removed while it was still scheduled, resulting in memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.15, Thunderbird < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 91.2, Firefox ESR < 78.15, and Firefox < 93.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38496
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1725335
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00001.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5034
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-43/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-44/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-45/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-46/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2021-47/