Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
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.
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
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
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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.
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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