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CVE-2008-4070

Date: September 26, 2008

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."

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (29)

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45426

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32010

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32196

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4070

Url: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425152

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31411

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10933

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4070

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33434

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32044

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206

Url: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-46.html

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4070

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32025

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1

Url: http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020948

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32092

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4070

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2008-4070

Date: September 26, 2008

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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