CVE-2012-1964 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:10.0.6-1.el5_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9836961
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed17 Jul 2012

Introduced: 17 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-1964  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:10.0.6-1.el5_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1089.

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 certificate-warning functionality in browser/components/certerror/content/aboutCertError.xhtml in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 does not properly handle attempted clickjacking of the about:certerror page, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trick users into adding an unintended exception via an IFRAME element.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1