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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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High
Published: 10/06/2025 (10/06/2025, 02:33:01 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database
Vendor/Project: Red Hat Product Security
Product: Red Hat

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support have been addressed. These include sandbox escapes due to use-after-free and undefined behavior in the Graphics Canvas2D component, incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript garbage collection component, same-origin policy bypass in the Layout component, memory safety bugs, information disclosure in the Networking Cache component, and an integer overflow in the SVG component. The update is rated as important by Red Hat Product Security and fixes these issues in Thunderbird ESR 140.3 and related Firefox versions.

Affected software

redhat/thunderbird
pkg:rpm/redhat/thunderbird
Affected versions
=140.3.0-1.el9_4

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AILast updated: 08/22/2026, 22:22:18 UTC

Technical Analysis

This advisory covers several security fixes for Mozilla Thunderbird distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support. The vulnerabilities include sandbox escapes caused by use-after-free (CVE-2025-10527) and undefined behavior with invalid pointers (CVE-2025-10528) in the Graphics Canvas2D component, incorrect boundary conditions in the JavaScript garbage collection component (CVE-2025-10532), a same-origin policy bypass in the Layout component (CVE-2025-10529), 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 vulnerabilities collectively pose risks including sandbox escapes, policy bypass, information disclosure, and memory corruption. The fixes are included in Thunderbird ESR 140.3.0-1.el9_4 and corresponding Firefox versions.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities allow for potential sandbox escapes, which could enable an attacker to break out of restricted execution environments. The same-origin policy bypass could allow unauthorized access to web content. Memory safety bugs and integer overflow issues could lead to crashes or arbitrary code execution. Information disclosure vulnerabilities could leak sensitive data. Overall, these issues pose a high security risk to affected systems running vulnerable Thunderbird versions.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released an updated Thunderbird package (version 140.3.0-1.el9_4) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support that addresses these vulnerabilities. Users should apply this update promptly to remediate the security issues. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.

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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-2025:17346
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: 6a419cb227e9c79719abbee6

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

Last enriched: 08/22/2026, 22:22:18 UTC

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

Views: 19

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