Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:1.5.0.12-11.el5_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.25% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRD-9879871
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed25 Mar 2008

Introduced: 25 Mar 2008

CVE-2008-1234  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird to version 0:1.5.0.12-11.el5_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0209.

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.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via event handlers, aka "Universal XSS using event handlers."

References

CVSS Base Scores

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