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CVE-2008-0304

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0304 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, allowing remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted external-body MIME type in an email. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0605 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-9.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0304Critical

thunderbird/seamonkey: MIME External-Body Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Feb 26, 2008

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
secunia.com / advisories/29098
secunia.com / advisories/29133
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29167
secunia.com / advisories/29211
secunia.com / advisories/30327
secunia.com / advisories/31043
secunia.com / advisories/31253
secunia.com / advisories/33433
securitytracker.com / id
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11075
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1621
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1697
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/661651
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-12.html
securityfocus.com / bid/28012
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-582-1
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-582-2
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2091/references