Mozilla Thunderbird and 1 other: Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 78.13.0.
CVE-2021-38495 is fixed in 7 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.1.2, released September 24, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
Mozilla developers reported memory safety bugs present in Thunderbird 78.13.0. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 91.1 and Firefox ESR < 91.1.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows apps | |||
| Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) | 91.1.2 | Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.1.2 | Sep 24, 2021 |
| Linux | |||
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| thunderbird · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| thunderbird-gnome-support · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird-gnome-support 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| thunderbird-mozsymbols · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | thunderbird-mozsymbols 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| xul-ext-calendar-timezones · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-calendar-timezones 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| xul-ext-gdata-provider · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-gdata-provider 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
| xul-ext-lightning · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | xul-ext-lightning 1:91.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | Feb 16, 2023 |
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