CVE-2008-4070

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-09-27
Impact:Moderate What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-4070 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 10.0
Vector String: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)ELSA-2008-09082008-10-01


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