Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to execute…

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) external message modies with long Content-Type headers or (2) long RFC2047-encoded (MIME non-ASCII) headers.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.3% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (40)

• 102800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 21668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 23433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23672 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-5068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 23468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23598 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1265 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 23692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1017420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• GLSA-200701-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 24390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2006-1491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 23422 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23591 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0759 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• VU#887332 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• FEDORA-2007-004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 24108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 20061222 rPSA-2006-0234-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 23545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 23618 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200701-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• TA06-354A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11565 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20070102 rPSA-2006-0234-2 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 1017419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2007:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 23601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 23514 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-400-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:26 UTC.