CVE-2008-4070

Thunderbird cancelled newsgrop messages

Published Sep 27, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 7.4% KEV · Not listed
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."

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1696-1 New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1697-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4055 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."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-647-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM
Reserved
Sep 12, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 27, 2008, 10:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 25, 2008, 12:00 AM