Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:10.0.11-1.el5_8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.45% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9836592
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed20 Nov 2012

Introduced: 20 Nov 2012

CVE-2012-5830  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:10.0.11-1.el5_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1483.

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.

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document.

CVSS Base Scores

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