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Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update

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Published: 01/05/2026 (01/05/2026, 01:33:48 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. These include memory safety bugs, use-after-free, sandbox escape, privilege escalation, same-origin policy bypass, and JIT miscompilation issues. The update fixes issues present in Thunderbird ESR 140.6 and Thunderbird 146. The vulnerabilities are rated with high severity by Red Hat Product Security. The update is available for various architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64. Users are advised to apply the update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory.

Affected software

Affected versions
>=140.0 <140.6>=146 <146.1

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AILast updated: 06/27/2026, 22:25:14 UTC

Technical Analysis

This Red Hat security advisory (RHSA-2026:0025) addresses multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird, including use-after-free in the WebRTC signaling component (CVE-2025-14321), memory safety bugs (CVE-2025-14333), sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the CanvasWebGL component (CVE-2025-14322), privilege escalation in the Netmonitor and DOM Notifications components (CVE-2025-14323, CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329), same-origin policy bypass in the Request Handling component (CVE-2025-14331), and several JIT miscompilation issues in the JavaScript engine (CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14330). These vulnerabilities affect Thunderbird ESR 140.6 and Thunderbird 146 versions. The advisory provides updated packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 across multiple architectures. No CVSS scores are provided in the advisory, but the overall impact is rated as important/high by Red Hat.

Potential Impact

The vulnerabilities collectively could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, bypass security policies such as the same-origin policy, and escape sandbox restrictions within Mozilla Thunderbird. These issues affect core components such as WebRTC, graphics rendering, JavaScript engine, and network monitoring, potentially compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems. The advisory rates the security impact as important, indicating significant risk if unpatched.

Mitigation Recommendations

Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages that address these vulnerabilities. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and its variants should apply the Thunderbird update to version 140.6.0-1.el10_1 or later as provided by the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:0025. Detailed instructions for applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are indicated by the vendor advisory. Patch status is confirmed as fixed in the updated packages.

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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-2026:0025
Cve Count
10
Additional Cves
["CVE-2025-14322","CVE-2025-14323","CVE-2025-14324","CVE-2025-14325","CVE-2025-14328","CVE-2025-14329","CVE-2025-14330","CVE-2025-14331","CVE-2025-14333"]

Threat ID: 6a4049de27e9c7971983141f

Added to database: 06/27/2026, 22:08:30 UTC

Last enriched: 06/27/2026, 22:25:14 UTC

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

Views: 10

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