Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:24.6.0-1.el5_10


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.44% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9836861
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed10 Jun 2014

Introduced: 10 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-1538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:24.6.0-1.el5_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0742.

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 the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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