CWE
119 416
Advisory Published

USN-3112-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities

First published: Thu Oct 27 2016(Updated: )

Catalin Dumitru discovered that URLs of resources loaded after a navigation start could be leaked to the following page via the Resource Timing API. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-5250) Christoph Diehl, Andrew McCreight, Dan Minor, Byron Campen, Jon Coppeard, Steve Fink, Tyson Smith, and Carsten Book discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5257) Atte Kettunen discovered a heap buffer overflow during text conversion with some unicode characters. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5270) Abhishek Arya discovered a bad cast when processing layout with input elements in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5272) A use-after-free was discovered in web animations during restyling. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5274) A use-after-free was discovered in accessibility. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5276) A use-after-free was discovered in web animations when destroying a timeline. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5277) A buffer overflow was discovered when encoding image frames to images in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5278) Mei Wang discovered a use-after-free when changing text direction. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5280) Brian Carpenter discovered a use-after-free when manipulating SVG content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website in a browsing context, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-5281) An issue was discovered with the preloaded Public Key Pinning (HPKP). If a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) attacker was able to obtain a fraudulent certificate for a Mozilla site, they could exploit this by providing malicious addon updates. (CVE-2016-5284)

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
All of
ubuntu/thunderbird<1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.10
All of
ubuntu/thunderbird<1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04
All of
ubuntu/thunderbird<1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=14.04
All of
ubuntu/thunderbird<1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=12.04

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID for this advisory?

    The vulnerability ID for this advisory is USN-3112-1.

  • What software is affected by this vulnerability?

    The Thunderbird software is affected by this vulnerability.

  • What versions of Thunderbird are vulnerable?

    Versions 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, and 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 are vulnerable.

  • What is the severity of this vulnerability?

    The severity of this vulnerability is not mentioned in the advisory.

  • How can I fix this vulnerability?

    Update Thunderbird to a version that includes the fix, which is 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.10.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, or 1:45.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1.

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