Use After Free Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:31.5.0-2.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.12% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-1427460
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Feb 2015

Introduced: 24 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-0831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:31.5.0-2.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:0642.

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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::IndexedDB::IDBObjectStore::CreateIndex function in Mozilla Firefox before 36.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.5, and Thunderbird before 31.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted content that is improperly handled during IndexedDB index creation.

CVSS Scores

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