Improper Input Validation Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:10.0.8-1.el5_8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.54% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-9836657
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed9 Oct 2012

Introduced: 9 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-3986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:10.0.8-1.el5_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1351.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird-debuginfo package and not the thunderbird-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 do not properly restrict calls to DOMWindowUtils (aka nsDOMWindowUtils) methods, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via crafted JavaScript code.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1