CVE-2008-5430
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CVE-2008-5430 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.14 |
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