Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.3% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-THUNDERBIRD-418745
  • published22 Sept 2016
  • disclosed22 Sept 2016

Introduced: 22 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5278  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 thunderbird to version 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsBMPEncoder::AddImageFrame function in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4, and Thunderbird < 45.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted image data that is mishandled during the encoding of an image frame to an image.