CVE-2008-5430 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.14. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the application by sending specially crafted email messages, specifically those with numerous MIME parts or "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, leading to stack or resource consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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