CVE-2016-1960 Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:38.7.0-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
95.99% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-4603105
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Mar 2016

Introduced: 8 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-1960  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:38.7.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:0460.

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.

Integer underflow in the nsHtml5TreeBuilder class in the HTML5 string parser in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging mishandling of end tags, as demonstrated by incorrect SVG processing, aka ZDI-CAN-3545.

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