Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.24-8.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.83% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9864772
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed7 Sept 2010

Introduced: 7 Sep 2010

CVE-2010-3167  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:2.0.0.24-8.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0682.

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 nsTreeContentView function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle node removal in XUL trees, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving access to deleted memory, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1