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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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Published: 01/06/2026 (01/06/2026, 12:07:51 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird have been addressed in a Red Hat security update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. The update fixes memory safety bugs, use-after-free, JIT miscompilation, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, and same-origin policy bypass issues across various components such as WebRTC, JavaScript engine, graphics, netmonitor, request handling, and DOM notifications. These vulnerabilities are rated as having important security impact by Red Hat. The update is available as Thunderbird ESR 140.6 and Thunderbird 146 packages for multiple architectures.

Affected software

redhat/thunderbird
pkg:rpm/redhat/thunderbird
Affected versions
<140.6<146.6

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AILast updated: 06/27/2026, 22:24:36 UTC

Technical Analysis

This Red Hat security advisory addresses a set of vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird, including memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), use-after-free in WebRTC signaling (CVE-2025-14321), multiple JIT miscompilation issues in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330), sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the CanvasWebGL graphics component (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component (CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329) and DOM notifications component (CVE-2025-14323), and a same-origin policy bypass in the request handling component (CVE-2025-14331). These vulnerabilities affect Thunderbird ESR 140.6 and Thunderbird 146 versions. The advisory provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support across multiple hardware architectures. The update fixes these issues by incorporating patches from Firefox ESR 140.6 and Firefox 146 releases.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, bypass security policies such as same-origin, or escape sandbox restrictions within the Thunderbird mail client. This could lead to unauthorized access or control over the affected system. The Red Hat advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages (version 140.6.0-1.el10_0) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support on multiple architectures. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the vulnerabilities. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Since this is an official fix, applying the update fully mitigates the described security issues.

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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-2026:0124
Cve Count
10
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-14322","CVE-2025-14323","CVE-2025-14324","CVE-2025-14325","CVE-2025-14328","CVE-2025-14329","CVE-2025-14330","CVE-2025-14331","CVE-2025-14333"]

Threat ID: 6a4049de27e9c797198310d0

Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:30 UTC

Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:24:36 UTC

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

Views: 14

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