CVE-2008-5430 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Mozilla Thunderbird by sending emails with excessive MIME parts or headers, requiring user interaction to open the message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5430?
CVE-2008-5430 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird, published on 13 Dec 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5430?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5430?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5430 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-5430 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5430 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Thunderbird
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5j5r-p4gq-qg52.