VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4070
CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability7.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-09-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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."
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer