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MFSA2021-26 Thunderbird: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.11 (CVE-2021-29964)

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MFSA2021-26 Thunderbird: Security Vulnerabilities fixed in Thunderbird 78.11 (CVE-2021-29964)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/03/2021
Created
06/04/2021
Added
06/04/2021
Modified
07/02/2021

Description

A locally-installed hostile program could send `WM_COPYDATA` messages that Firefox would process incorrectly, leading to an out-of-bounds read. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 78.11, Firefox < 89, and Firefox ESR < 78.11.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-78_11

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