Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:115.3.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-THUNDERBIRD-5924336
  • published27 Sept 2023
  • disclosed27 Sept 2023

Introduced: 27 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-5171  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable thunderbird to version 1:115.3.0-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

During Ion compilation, a Garbage Collection could have resulted in a use-after-free condition, allowing an attacker to write two NUL bytes, and cause a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 118, Firefox ESR < 115.3, and Thunderbird < 115.3.

CVSS Scores

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