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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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High
Published: 12/01/2025 (12/01/2025, 18:58:15 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird as packaged by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions have been addressed. These include issues such as race conditions, use-after-free bugs, same-origin policy bypasses, mitigation bypasses, spoofing, and incorrect boundary conditions in various Firefox components integrated into Thunderbird. The update is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security and addresses nine CVEs related to Firefox components used by Thunderbird.

Affected software

redhat/thunderbird
pkg:rpm/redhat/thunderbird
Affected versions
=9.0

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AI-Powered Analysis

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AILast updated: 06/28/2026, 22:17:10 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers a set of nine security vulnerabilities impacting Mozilla Thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions. The vulnerabilities include a race condition in the graphics component (CVE-2025-13012), mitigation bypasses in DOM security components (CVE-2025-13013, CVE-2025-13018), use-after-free bugs in audio/video and WebRTC components (CVE-2025-13014, CVE-2025-13020), same-origin policy bypasses in DOM workers and notifications components (CVE-2025-13017, CVE-2025-13019), a spoofing issue (CVE-2025-13015), and incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript WebAssembly component (CVE-2025-13016). These vulnerabilities affect Firefox components embedded in Thunderbird and have been addressed by Red Hat in updated Thunderbird packages for multiple architectures. The advisory references Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions and provides updated package versions for affected platforms.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to bypass security mitigations, execute use-after-free exploits, bypass same-origin policies, cause race conditions, and spoof content within the Thunderbird mail client. These issues may lead to unauthorized code execution, information disclosure, or other security breaches within the context of Thunderbird. The advisory rates the overall impact as important, indicating a high security risk if unpatched.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions that address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the Thunderbird update as described in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2025:22451) available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official update.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Csaf Category
csaf_security_advisory
Csaf Version
2.0
Publisher
Red Hat Product Security
Advisory Id
RHSA-2025:22451
Cve Count
9
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-13013","CVE-2025-13014","CVE-2025-13015","CVE-2025-13016","CVE-2025-13017","CVE-2025-13018","CVE-2025-13019","CVE-2025-13020"]

Threat ID: 6a419ca827e9c79719ab7abb

Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:00 UTC

Last enriched: 06/28/2026, 22:17:10 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC

Views: 10

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