CVE-2008-4070
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long header in a news article, related to…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long header in a news article, related to "canceling [a] newsgroup message" and "cancelled newsgroup messages."
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.35% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-46.htmlPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31411Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020948
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425152Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45426
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10933
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.