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thunderbird — security advisory
When processing a message that contains multiple S/MIME signatures, a bug in the MIME processing code caused a null pointer dereference, leading to an unexploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
- Products
- thunderbird
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:68.5.0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-6795
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
When processing a message that contains multiple S/MIME signatures, a bug in the MIME processing code caused a null pointer dereference, leading to an unexploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-6795
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:68.5.0-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:68.5.0-1
thunderbird
Fixed versions: 1:68.5.0-1
Complete source record
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