Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.41% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9873051
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed1 Jan 2009

Introduced: 1 Jan 2009

CVE-2009-1571  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2010:0153.

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 HTML parser in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.18 and 3.5.x before 3.5.8, Thunderbird before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified method calls that attempt to access freed objects in low-memory situations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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