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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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Published: 10/06/2025 (10/06/2025, 01:39:41 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 Thunderbird version 140.3.0-1.el9_2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. These include sandbox escapes due to use-after-free and undefined behavior in the Graphics Canvas2D component, a same-origin policy bypass in the Layout component, incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript garbage collector, memory safety bugs, information disclosure in the Networking Cache component, and an integer overflow in the SVG component. The update fixes these issues to improve security.

Affected software

redhat/thunderbird
pkg:rpm/redhat/thunderbird
Affected versions
=140.3.0-1.el9_2

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AILast updated: 08/22/2026, 22:22:25 UTC

Technical Analysis

Red Hat has released a security advisory (RHSA-2025:17345) addressing multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird as packaged for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. The vulnerabilities include sandbox escapes caused by use-after-free and invalid pointer issues in the Graphics Canvas2D component (CVE-2025-10527, CVE-2025-10528), a same-origin policy bypass in the Layout component (CVE-2025-10529), incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript garbage collector component (CVE-2025-10532), memory safety bugs fixed in Thunderbird ESR 140.3 (CVE-2025-10537), information disclosure in the Networking Cache component (CVE-2025-10536), and an integer overflow in the SVG component (CVE-2025-10533). These issues have been resolved in Thunderbird version 140.3.0-1.el9_2 and corresponding Firefox ESR updates. The advisory provides links to the fixes and additional details.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to escape the sandbox environment, bypass same-origin policy protections, cause memory corruption, disclose sensitive information, and trigger integer overflows within Thunderbird. These issues pose a high security risk by potentially enabling remote code execution or unauthorized data access if exploited. The update mitigates these risks by fixing the underlying bugs in the affected components.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released an official security update for Thunderbird (version 140.3.0-1.el9_2) that addresses all listed vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 should apply this update promptly by following the instructions in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258). No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided patch.

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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-2025:17345
Cve Count
7
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-10528","CVE-2025-10529","CVE-2025-10532","CVE-2025-10533","CVE-2025-10536","CVE-2025-10537"]

Threat ID: 6a419cb227e9c79719abbef3

Added to database: 06/28/2026, 22:14:10 UTC

Last enriched: 08/22/2026, 22:22:25 UTC

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

Views: 16

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