CVE-2008-4070 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Mozilla Thunderbird before version 2.0.0.17 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a news article with an excessively long header. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no public exploit code available, no evidence of active exploitation, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:dev:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.