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High RLSA-2026:8459 5 CVEs

Important: thunderbird security update

Published Apr 19, 2026 · Updated Apr 19, 2026

Summary

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.

Security Fix(es):

* libpng: libpng: Arbitrary code execution due to use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2026-33416)

* libpng: libpng: Information disclosure and denial of service via out-of-bounds read/write in Neon palette expansion (CVE-2026-33636)

* thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2 (CVE-2026-5734)

* thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2 (CVE-2026-5731)

* firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component (CVE-2026-5732)

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 · 9 thunderbird 0:140.9.1-1.el9_7

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Critical 9.8

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34.1, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.34.0, Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have …

  • High 8.8

    Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component

    Incorrect boundary conditions, integer overflow in the Graphics: Text component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149.0.2, Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird 149.0.2, and Thunderbird 140.9.1.

  • High 8.1

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 140.9.1, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.1, Firefox 149.0.2 and Thunderbird 149.0.2

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 140.9.0, Thunderbird ESR 140.9.0, Firefox 149.0.1 and Thunderbird 149.0.1. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run …

  • High 7.6

    LIBPNG has ARM NEON Palette Expansion Out-of-Bounds Read on AArch64

    LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.6.36 through 1.6.55, an out-of-bounds read and write exists in libpng's ARM/AArch64 Neon-optimized palett…

  • High 7.5

    LIBPNG has use-after-free via pointer aliasing in `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE`

    LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.2.1 through 1.6.55, `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE` each alias a heap-allocated buffer between `png_str…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451805
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2451819
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455897
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455901
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455908