Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
Red Hat Product Security released an advisory (RHSA-2025:13651) addressing nine distinct security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6. The issues include a large branch table leading to truncated instructions (CVE-2025-8028), multiple memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8035, CVE-2025-8034), incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports (CVE-2025-8031), partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine stack (CVE-2025-8027), potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command (CVE-2025-8030), incorrect JavaScript state machine behavior for generators (CVE-2025-8033), XSLT documents bypassing CSP (CVE-2025-8032), and execution of javascript: URLs on object and embed tags (CVE-2025-8029). The advisory provides updated Thunderbird packages to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively impact the security of Mozilla Thunderbird by enabling potential memory corruption, code execution, bypass of content security policies, and improper handling of JavaScript execution contexts. These issues could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, or cause application instability. The advisory rates the overall impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that address all listed vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the security issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps beyond applying the vendor-provided update are indicated.
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
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
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
Red Hat Product Security released an advisory (RHSA-2025:13651) addressing nine distinct security vulnerabilities affecting Mozilla Thunderbird in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6. The issues include a large branch table leading to truncated instructions (CVE-2025-8028), multiple memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-8035, CVE-2025-8034), incorrect URL stripping in CSP reports (CVE-2025-8031), partial return value writes in the JavaScript engine stack (CVE-2025-8027), potential user-assisted code execution via the 'Copy as cURL' command (CVE-2025-8030), incorrect JavaScript state machine behavior for generators (CVE-2025-8033), XSLT documents bypassing CSP (CVE-2025-8032), and execution of javascript: URLs on object and embed tags (CVE-2025-8029). The advisory provides updated Thunderbird packages to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively impact the security of Mozilla Thunderbird by enabling potential memory corruption, code execution, bypass of content security policies, and improper handling of JavaScript execution contexts. These issues could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, bypass security restrictions, or cause application instability. The advisory rates the overall impact as Important (high severity). No known exploits in the wild have been reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 that address all listed vulnerabilities. Users should apply these official updates promptly to remediate the security issues. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps beyond applying the vendor-provided update are indicated.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:13651
- 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"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3cc29d4853345fc16d3a6e
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:37 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:03:08 UTC
Last updated: 07/02/2026, 20:51:18 UTC
Views: 24
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