CVE-2020-12398

thunderbird: Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.9.0....

CVE-2020-12398 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2020:2614, released June 22, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0098
62nd percentile

Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 68.9.0. Security Fix(es): * Mozilla: Security downgrade with IMAP STARTTLS leads to information leakage (CVE-2020-12398) * Mozilla: Use-after-free in SharedWorkerService (CVE-2020-12405) * Mozilla: JavaScript Type confusion with NativeTypes (CVE-2020-12406) * Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 77 and Firefox ESR 68.9 (CVE-2020-12410) 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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:68.9.0-1.el8_2 RHSA-2020:2614 Jun 22, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird · ol 8 0:68.9.0-1.0.1.el8_2 ELSA-2020-2614 Jun 23, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Oct 8, 2020
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:68.10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Oct 8, 2020

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