NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting thunderbird package, versions [,128.13)[140.0-b1,140.1)[141.0-b1,141.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-THUNDERBIRD-10914941
  • published24 Jul 2025
  • disclosed22 Jul 2025
  • creditShaheen Fazim

Introduced: 22 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-8033  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade thunderbird to version 128.13, 140.1, 141.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the JavaScript engine when closed generators are not handled correctly, allowing them to be resumed and causing a null pointer dereference. An attacker can cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code by triggering the resumption of a closed generator.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1