Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:45.4.0-1.el7_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.14% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-4634370
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Sept 2016

Introduced: 20 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-5257  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:45.4.0-1.el7_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1985.

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.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 49.0, Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.4 and Thunderbird < 45.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.