Access Restriction Bypass Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.17-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.17% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9878356
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed23 Sept 2008

Introduced: 23 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-4059  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:2.0.0.17-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0908.

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 XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.

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