Summary
Jan de Mooij, Christian Holler, Karl Tomlinson, Randell Jesup, Gary Kwong,
Jesse Ruderman and JW Wang discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted
message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit
these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird.
(CVE-2014-1553, CVE-2014-1562)
Abhishek Arya discovered a use-after-free during DOM interactions with
SVG. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message
with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1563)
Michal Zalewski discovered that memory is not initialized properly during
GIF rendering in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening
a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
steal confidential information. (CVE-2014-1564)
Holger Fuhrmannek discovered an out-of-bounds read in Web Audio. If a
user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting
enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of
service via application crash or steal confidential information.
(CVE-2014-1565)
A use-after-free was discovered during text layout in some circumstances.
If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with
scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. (CVE-2014-1567)
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS | thunderbird | 1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
Vulnerabilities 6
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Unscored —
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1…
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Unscored —
Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.8 and 31.x b…
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Unscored —
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DOMSVGLength::GetTearOff function in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox …
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Unscored —CVE-2014-1564 Public exploit
Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 do not properly initialize …
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Unscored —
The mozilla::dom::AudioEventTimeline function in the Web Audio API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firef…
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Unscored —
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.8 an…