Improper Privilege Management Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:24.5.0-1.el5_10


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-9840708
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed29 Apr 2014

Introduced: 29 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-1529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:24.5.0-1.el5_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0449.

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.

The Web Notification API in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended source-component restrictions and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a privileged context via a crafted web page for which Notification.permission is granted.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1