Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Denial-of-service due to out-of-memory in the Graphics: WebRender component (CVE-2025-9182) * thunderbird: firefox: Sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: GMP component (CVE-2025-9179) * thunderbird: firefox: Same-origin policy bypass in the Graphics: Canvas2D component (CVE-2025-9180) * thunderbird: firefox: Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component (CVE-2025-9181) * thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Thunderbird ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird ESR 140.2, Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142 (CVE-2025-9185) 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
This Red Hat security advisory addresses five vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox components integrated within Thunderbird. The issues include CVE-2025-9182 (denial-of-service via out-of-memory in Graphics WebRender), CVE-2025-9179 (sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in Audio/Video GMP), CVE-2025-9180 (same-origin policy bypass in Graphics Canvas2D), CVE-2025-9181 (uninitialized memory in JavaScript Engine), and CVE-2025-9185 (memory safety bugs fixed across multiple ESR and standard versions of Firefox and Thunderbird). Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages (version 128.14.0-3.el9_4) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related distributions to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow denial-of-service conditions, sandbox escapes, bypass of same-origin policy, exposure of uninitialized memory, and other memory safety issues in Mozilla Thunderbird. These issues may lead to potential compromise of application security boundaries and stability. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants should apply the Thunderbird update to version 128.14.0-3.el9_4 or later as provided by Red Hat. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Description
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. Security Fix(es): * firefox: thunderbird: Denial-of-service due to out-of-memory in the Graphics: WebRender component (CVE-2025-9182) * thunderbird: firefox: Sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in the Audio/Video: GMP component (CVE-2025-9179) * thunderbird: firefox: Same-origin policy bypass in the Graphics: Canvas2D component (CVE-2025-9180) * thunderbird: firefox: Uninitialized memory in the JavaScript Engine component (CVE-2025-9181) * thunderbird: firefox: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.27, Firefox ESR 128.14, Thunderbird ESR 128.14, Firefox ESR 140.2, Thunderbird ESR 140.2, Firefox 142 and Thunderbird 142 (CVE-2025-9185) 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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Technical Analysis
This Red Hat security advisory addresses five vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox components integrated within Thunderbird. The issues include CVE-2025-9182 (denial-of-service via out-of-memory in Graphics WebRender), CVE-2025-9179 (sandbox escape due to invalid pointer in Audio/Video GMP), CVE-2025-9180 (same-origin policy bypass in Graphics Canvas2D), CVE-2025-9181 (uninitialized memory in JavaScript Engine), and CVE-2025-9185 (memory safety bugs fixed across multiple ESR and standard versions of Firefox and Thunderbird). Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages (version 128.14.0-3.el9_4) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related distributions to remediate these vulnerabilities.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities collectively could allow denial-of-service conditions, sandbox escapes, bypass of same-origin policy, exposure of uninitialized memory, and other memory safety issues in Mozilla Thunderbird. These issues may lead to potential compromise of application security boundaries and stability. Red Hat rates the overall security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of this advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Thunderbird packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support and related variants should apply the Thunderbird update to version 128.14.0-3.el9_4 or later as provided by Red Hat. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:15434
- Cve Count
- 5
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2025-9180","CVE-2025-9181","CVE-2025-9182","CVE-2025-9185"]
Threat ID: 6a3cc29a4853345fc16d27dd
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 05:54:34 UTC
Last enriched: 06/25/2026, 06:31:31 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:52 UTC
Views: 19
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