HIGH
Thunderbird cancelled newsgrop messages
Published Sep 27, 2008
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.35%
Description
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."
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.1.11
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.0.99
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.10
- ≤ 2.0.0.16
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.3
- 2.0.0.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-16.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0908
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0908
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-16.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0908 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0908 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
7.35% 0.07351
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.07351
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.35% (0.07351) | 94.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.35% (0.07351) | 93.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 2.96% (0.02960) | 85.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 6, 2025 | 1.72% (0.01718) | 80.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.78% (0.02776) | 85.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.86% (0.05859) | 93.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 11.85% (0.11852) | 95.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 12.76% (0.12762) | 95.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2023 | 14.62% (0.14615) | 95.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 17.27% (0.17269) | 95.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 27, 2023 | 14.61% (0.14606) | 94.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.93% (0.15931) | 95.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (29)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-46.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31411 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020948 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4070 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425152 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464041 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45426 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4070
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10933 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4070
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 27, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 12, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4070
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a