Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:102.3.0-4.el9_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-THUNDERBIRD-9488162
  • published21 Mar 2025
  • disclosed14 Sept 2022

Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 thunderbird to version 0:102.3.0-4.el9_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7026.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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