Out-of-bounds Read Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.77% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-THUNDERBIRD-535720
  • published4 Sept 2019
  • disclosed4 Sept 2019

Introduced: 4 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-15903  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-776  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 thunderbird to version 1:68.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.

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