Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:10.0.8-1.el5_8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.42% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9836616
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Oct 2012

Introduced: 9 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-4188  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1351.

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.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Convolve3x3 function in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

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