CVE-2008-0304
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.0% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0314)
- Published
- February 29, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0314 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- microsoft / windows
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / thunderbird
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29133(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31043
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019504
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.445399
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239546-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/661651(US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:062
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-12.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28012(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-582-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-582-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2091/references
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11075
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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