Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 process e-mail attachments with a parser that performs casts and line termin
Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 process e-mail attachments with a parser that performs casts and line termination incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted message, related to message indexing.
- Published
- Mar 22, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 3.2% · 88th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 3.2%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla | thunderbird | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird |
| mozilla | seamonkey | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- mozilla seamonkeyup to 1.1.18 inclusive
- mozilla seamonkey1.0
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.1
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.2
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.3
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.4
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.5
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.6
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.7
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.8
- mozilla seamonkey1.0.9
- mozilla seamonkey1.1
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.1
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.10
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.11
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.12
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.13
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.14
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.15
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.16
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:5.0 | icedove | before 2.0.0.24-0lenny1 | 2.0.0.24-0lenny1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-chat | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-debuginfo | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-devel | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-dom-inspector | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-js-debugger | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-mail | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-nspr | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-nspr-devel | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-nss | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | seamonkey-nss-devel | before 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey-chat | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey-debuginfo | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey-devel | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey-dom-inspector | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey-js-debugger | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | seamonkey-mail | before 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 | 0:1.0.9-58.el4_8 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | thunderbird | before 0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 | 0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 | 0:1.5.0.12-25.el4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | thunderbird | before 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 | 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | thunderbird-debuginfo | before 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 | 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 |
Same product
mozilla: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-11705A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a stack buffer overflow in icalrecur_add_bydayrules when processing certain email mess42Plan
- CVE-2019-11704A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in icalmemory_strdup_and_dequote when processing certain email 42Plan
- CVE-2019-11703A flaw in Thunderbird's implementation of iCal causes a heap buffer overflow in parser_get_next_char when processing certain email messages,42Plan
- CVE-2015-2740Buffer overflow in the nsXMLHttpRequest::AppendToResponseText function in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x42Plan
- CVE-2013-5603Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsContentUtils::ContentIsHostIncludingDescendantOf function in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 42Plan
- CVE-2013-1719Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.242Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:icedove | 2.0.0.24-0lenny1 · Debian:5.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-chat | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-debuginfo | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-devel | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-dom-inspector | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-js-debugger | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-mail | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-nspr | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-nspr-devel | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:seamonkey-nss | 0:1.0.9-0.55.el3 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird | 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo | 0:2.0.0.24-2.el5_4 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Timeline
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Patch and commit links
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- secunia.com/advisories/38977
- secunia.com/advisories/39001
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-07.html
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0499.html
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38831
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-915-1
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0648
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1556
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=505221
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56993
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10805
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14259
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.