Out-of-bounds Write Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:91.3.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-THUNDERBIRD-11769543
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed16 Feb 2023

Introduced: 16 Feb 2023

CVE-2021-43529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 thunderbird to version 1:91.3.0-1 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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

Thunderbird versions prior to 91.3.0 are vulnerable to the heap overflow described in CVE-2021-43527 when processing S/MIME messages. Thunderbird versions 91.3.0 and later will not call the vulnerable code when processing S/MIME messages that contain certificates with DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures.

CVSS Base Scores

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