Missing Initialization of a Variable Affecting thunderbird package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.33% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-22273984
  • published7 Nov 2026
  • disclosed11 Feb 2020

Introduced: 11 Feb 2020

CVE-2020-6792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-456  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 thunderbird.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird package and not the thunderbird package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

When deriving an identifier for an email message, uninitialized memory was used in addition to the message contents. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 68.5.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1