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Mozilla Thunderbird < 146.0

high Nessus Plugin ID 278137

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Synopsis

A mail client installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Thunderbird installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 146.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2025-95 advisory.

 - Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 146, Firefox ESR < 140.6, Thunderbird < 146, and Thunderbird < 140.6. (CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329)

 - Use-after-free in the WebRTC: Signaling component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 146, Firefox ESR < 140.6, Thunderbird < 146, and Thunderbird < 140.6. (CVE-2025-14321)

 - Sandbox escape due to incorrect boundary conditions in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 146, Firefox ESR < 115.31, Firefox ESR < 140.6, Thunderbird < 146, and Thunderbird < 140.6. (CVE-2025-14322)

 - Privilege escalation in the DOM: Notifications component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 146, Firefox ESR < 115.31, Firefox ESR < 140.6, Thunderbird < 146, and Thunderbird < 140.6. (CVE-2025-14323)

 - JIT miscompilation in the JavaScript Engine: JIT component. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 146, Firefox ESR < 115.31, Firefox ESR < 140.6, Thunderbird < 146, and Thunderbird < 140.6. (CVE-2025-14324)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 146.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2025-95/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 278137

File Name: macos_thunderbird_146_0.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/10/2025

Updated: 12/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14329

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:thunderbird

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Thunderbird

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14321, CVE-2025-14322, CVE-2025-14323, CVE-2025-14324, CVE-2025-14325, CVE-2025-14326, CVE-2025-14327, CVE-2025-14328, CVE-2025-14329, CVE-2025-14330, CVE-2025-14331, CVE-2025-14332, CVE-2025-14333

IAVA: 2025-A-0895