CVE-2020-26970

Thunderbird: When reading SMTP server status codes, Thunderbird writes an integer value to a position on the stack…

CVE-2020-26970 is fixed in 7 products on 2 platforms, first by RHSA-2020:5398, released December 14, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

HighFixed on 2 platforms
CVSS
8.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0125
69th percentile

When reading SMTP server status codes, Thunderbird writes an integer value to a position on the stack that is intended to contain just one byte. Depending on processor architecture and stack layout, this leads to stack corruption that may be exploitable. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.5.1.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Windows apps
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.10.0 Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 78.10.0 Apr 15, 2021
Linux
thunderbird · RHEL 8 0:78.5.1-1.el8_3 RHSA-2020:5398 Dec 14, 2020
thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
thunderbird · ol 8 0:78.5.1-1.0.1.el8_3 ELSA-2020-5398 Dec 15, 2020
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-gnome-support 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.8.1+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 Apr 22, 2021
xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 xul-ext-lightning 1:78.7.1+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Jan 25, 2021

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