Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.4.1-1~deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
50.65% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-THUNDERBIRD-541489
  • published8 Jan 2020
  • disclosed2 Mar 2020

Introduced: 8 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-17026  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 thunderbird to version 1:68.4.1-1~deb8u1 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Incorrect alias information in IonMonkey JIT compiler for setting array elements could lead to a type confusion. We are aware of targeted attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox ESR < 68.4.1, Thunderbird < 68.4.1, and Firefox < 72.0.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1