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High RLSA-2024:4036 7 CVEs

Important: thunderbird security update

Published Jul 2, 2024 · Updated Feb 4, 2026

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 115.12.1.

Security Fix(es):

* thunderbird: Use-after-free in networking (CVE-2024-5702)

* thunderbird: Use-after-free in JavaScript object transplant (CVE-2024-5688)

* thunderbird: External protocol handlers leaked by timing attack (CVE-2024-5690)

* thunderbird: Sandboxed iframes were able to bypass sandbox restrictions to open a new window (CVE-2024-5691)

* thunderbird: Cross-Origin Image leak via Offscreen Canvas (CVE-2024-5693)

* thunderbird: Memory Corruption in Text Fragments (CVE-2024-5696)

* thunderbird: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 127, Firefox ESR 115.12, and Thunderbird 115.12 (CVE-2024-5700)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 8 thunderbird 0:115.12.1-1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291394
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291395
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291396
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291397
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291399
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291400
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291401