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 "canceling [a] newsgroup message" and "cancelled newsgroup messages."

Score

CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2008-09-27

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Seamonkey (Mozilla)
• Thunderbird (Mozilla)

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.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31411
• 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=425152
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45426
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10933