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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-26486: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2022-1779)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-26486: Security patch for thunderbird (ALAS-2022-1779)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/04/2022
Created
07/16/2022
Added
07/04/2022
Modified
01/04/2023

Description

An unexpected message in the WebGPU IPC framework could lead to a use-after-free and exploitable sandbox escape. We have had reports of attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 97.0.2, Firefox ESR < 91.6.1, Firefox for Android < 97.3.0, Thunderbird < 91.6.2, and Focus < 97.3.0.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo

References

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