Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package thunderbird (opens in a new tab)
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- published5 Sept 2024
- disclosed3 Sept 2024
Introduced: 3 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-8381 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by Ubuntu.
A potentially exploitable type confusion could be triggered when looking up a property name on an object being used as the with environment. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 130, Firefox ESR < 128.2, Firefox ESR < 115.15, Thunderbird < 128.2, and Thunderbird < 115.15.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2024-8381
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1912715
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-39/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-40/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-41/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-43/
- https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-44/
- https://github.com/bjrjk/CVE-2024-8381