Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:31.7.0-1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.41% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-1428193
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 May 2015

Introduced: 12 May 2015

CVE-2015-2716  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:31.7.0-1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1012.

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.

Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1283.

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