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CVE-2008-4070

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2008-09-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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."

Affected Platforms

Mozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References