CVE-2008-0304

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.7
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.9

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=668
http://secunia.com/advisories/29098
http://secunia.com/advisories/29133
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

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