Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting thunderbird package, versions <0:52.5.2-1.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-THUNDERBIRD-4790775
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Dec 2017

Introduced: 22 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-7846  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 thunderbird to version 0:52.5.2-1.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0061.

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.

It is possible to execute JavaScript in the parsed RSS feed when RSS feed is viewed as a website, e.g. via "View -> Feed article -> Website" or in the standard format of "View -> Feed article -> default format". This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 52.5.2.