UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5262 (CVE-2025-5262)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-05-27 13:15 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:53 – Source website
VLAI
Details
A double-free could have occurred in vpx_codec_enc_init_multi after a failed allocation when initializing the encoder for WebRTC. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 139 and Thunderbird < 128.11.
Severity
7.5 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "A double-free could have occurred in `vpx_codec_enc_init_multi` after a failed allocation when initializing the encoder for WebRTC. This could have caused memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird \u003c 139 and Thunderbird \u003c 128.11.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5262",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:53:18Z",
"published": "2025-05-27T13:15:00Z",
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