CVE-2008-0304

thunderbird/seamonkey: MIME External-Body Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted external-body MIME type in an e-mail message, related to an incorrect memory allocation during message preview.

Desbordamiento de búfer basado en montículo en Mozilla Thunderbird antes de 2.0.0.12 y SeaMonkey antes de 1.1.8 podrían permitir a atacantes remotos ejecutar código de su elección a través de un tipo MIME "message/external-body" manipulado en un e-mail, relacionado a una reserva de memoria incorrecta durante la previsualización del mensaje.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-01-16 CVE Reserved
2008-02-29 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (27)

URL	Tag	Source
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=668	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29098	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29211	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31043	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31253	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019504	Vdb Entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661651	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-12.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2091/references	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11075	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28012	2017-09-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/29133	2017-09-29
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.445399	2017-09-29
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239546-1	2017-09-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621	2017-09-29
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	2017-09-29
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml	2017-09-29
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:062	2017-09-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-582-1	2017-09-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-582-2	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html	2017-09-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0304	2008-02-08
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435123	2008-02-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"	<= 1.1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.1.7"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"	<= 1.1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.1.7"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"	<= 2.0.0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 2.0.0.9"	-	Affected	in	Linux Search vendor "Linux"	Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"	*	-	Safe
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"	<= 2.0.0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 2.0.0.9"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe