Numeric Errors Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:2.0.0.16-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.52% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9879500
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed16 Jul 2008

Introduced: 16 Jul 2008

CVE-2008-2785  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (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 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS object reference counter in the CSSValue array (aka nsCSSValue:Array) data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of references to a common CSS object, leading to a counter overflow and a free of in-use memory, aka ZDI-CAN-349.

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