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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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High
Published: 08/11/2025 (08/11/2025, 17:33:11 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Large branch table could lead to truncated instruction (CVE-2025-8028) * firefox: thunderbird: Memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8035) * firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports (CVE-2025-8031) * firefox: thunderbird: JavaScript engine only wrote partial return value to stack (CVE-2025-8027) * firefox: thunderbird: Potential user-assisted code execution in ?Copy as cURL? command (CVE-2025-8030) * firefox: Memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8034) * firefox: thunderbird: Incorrect JavaScript state machine for generators (CVE-2025-8033) * firefox: thunderbird: XSLT documents could bypass CSP (CVE-2025-8032) * firefox: thunderbird: javascript: URLs executed on object and embed tags (CVE-2025-8029) 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.

Affected software

Affected versions
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)src

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AILast updated: 06/25/2026, 06:03:00 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers a set of nine security vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird related to the Firefox codebase, including CVE-2025-8027, CVE-2025-8028, CVE-2025-8029, CVE-2025-8030, CVE-2025-8031, CVE-2025-8032, CVE-2025-8033, CVE-2025-8034, and CVE-2025-8035. The issues include a large branch table leading to truncated instructions, multiple memory safety bugs, incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports, partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine, potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command, incorrect JavaScript state machine behavior for generators, CSP bypass via XSLT documents, and execution of javascript: URLs on object and embed tags. Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related update services to address these vulnerabilities.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively pose risks including memory safety errors that could lead to crashes or code execution, bypasses of security policies such as CSP, and potential user-assisted code execution. These issues could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or bypass security restrictions within the Thunderbird client, potentially compromising user data or system integrity. The severity is rated as high by Red Hat Product Security.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 and related update services that address these vulnerabilities. Users and administrators should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:13650 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. 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-2025:13650
Cve Count
9
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-8028","CVE-2025-8029","CVE-2025-8030","CVE-2025-8031","CVE-2025-8032","CVE-2025-8033","CVE-2025-8034","CVE-2025-8035"]

Threat ID: 6a3cc29d4853345fc16d3a7c

Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:37 UTC

Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:03:00 UTC

Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC

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