Access Restriction Bypass Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:10.0.3-1.el5_8


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.44% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9836672
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed13 Mar 2012

Introduced: 13 Mar 2012

CVE-2012-0459  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:10.0.3-1.el5_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:0388.

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.

The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via dynamic modification of a keyframe followed by access to the cssText of the keyframe.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1