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CVE-2008-5430 Details

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.14 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption or other resource consumption) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32869 CVE
http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla thunderbird
2.0.0.14

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5430
NVD Published Date:
Dec 13, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-5430 Details - Not Deferred