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MFSA2016-96 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 45.6 (CVE-2016-9893)

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MFSA2016-96 Thunderbird: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 45.6 (CVE-2016-9893)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/30/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Memory safety bugs were reported in Thunderbird 45.5. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.1, Firefox ESR < 45.6, and Thunderbird < 45.6.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-45_6

References

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