Out-of-Bounds Affecting thunderbird-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.0.0.17-1.el5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.72% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-THUNDERBIRDDEBUGINFO-9878359
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed25 Sept 2008

Introduced: 25 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-4070  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 thunderbird-debuginfo to version 0:2.0.0.17-1.el5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2008:0908.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream thunderbird-debuginfo package and not the thunderbird-debuginfo package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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."

CVSS Base Scores

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