Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.16-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.08% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9878772
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed2 Jul 2008

Introduced: 2 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2808  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:2.0.0.16-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0616.

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.

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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