CVE-2009-3072 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
4.69% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9874832
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Sept 2009

Introduced: 9 Sep 2009

CVE-2009-3072  (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.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14 and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the BinHex decoder in netwerk/streamconv/converters/nsBinHexDecoder.cpp, and unknown vectors.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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