Out-of-bounds Write Affecting thunderbird package, versions <1:78.5.1+build1-0ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-THUNDERBIRD-2787049
  • published3 Dec 2020
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 3 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-26970  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 thunderbird to version 1:78.5.1+build1-0ubuntu1 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:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

When reading SMTP server status codes, Thunderbird writes an integer value to a position on the stack that is intended to contain just one byte. Depending on processor architecture and stack layout, this leads to stack corruption that may be exploitable. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.5.1.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1