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CVE-2008-4070

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 7.35%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-09-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-4070
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
7.35%

Original NVD 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."