CVE-2008-0304

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0304
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-29 19:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted external-body MIME type in an e-mail message, related to an incorrect memory allocation during message preview.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Thunderbird MIME Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
Mozilla products: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1697-1 iceape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: thunderbird-2.0.0.12-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for iceape - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-582-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:062 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
MFSA 2008-12: Heap buffer overflow in external MIME bodies af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Slackware update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker: Mozilla Thunderbird Buffer Overflow in Parsing External-Body MIME Content af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1621-1 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian update for icedove - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Update for Mozilla Products - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Thunderbird External-Body MIME Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Sun Solaris Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for thunderbird - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-582-2: Thunderbird regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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