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."
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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.311Z

Reserved: 2008-09-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4070

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-09-27T10:30:03.320

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4070

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4070 - Bugzilla

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