RHSA-2020:4163 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: thunderbird security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 1, 2020
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for thunderbird is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client.
This update upgrades Thunderbird to version 78.3.1.
Security Fix(es):
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Mozilla: Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3 (CVE-2020-15673)
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Mozilla: XSS when pasting attacker-controlled data into a contenteditable element (CVE-2020-15676)
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Mozilla: Download origin spoofing via redirect (CVE-2020-15677)
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Mozilla: When recursing through layers while scrolling, an iterator may have become invalid, resulting in a potential use-after-free scenario (CVE-2020-15678)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.