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CVE-2008-4070 (GCVE-0-2008-4070)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:00
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425152 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31411 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-09-25 00:00
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          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10933"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-119"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:14:44+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-4070",
      "id": "CVE-2008-4070",
      "initial_release_date": "2008-09-25T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "62",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "Thunderbird cancelled newsgrop messages",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-4070.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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