# CVE-2010-0161: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service or execute arbitrary code in Thunderbird via crafted data from malicious mail servers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Mar 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4fc7-9mv4-pp8w

## What is CVE-2010-0161?

CVE-2010-0161 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Seamonkey, published on 22 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The nsAuthSSPI::Unwrap function in extensions/auth/nsAuthSSPI.cpp in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.24 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.19 on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 7 allows remote SMTP, IMAP, and POP servers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted data in a session that uses SSPI.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0161?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0161?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0161 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-0161 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0161 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Seamonkey

- [CVE-2008-4070](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4070/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4571/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-2210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2210/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-1282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1282/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2008-0304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-0304/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0161 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0161 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Seamonkey, published on 22 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0161 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Seamonkey. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0161/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0161/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0161
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0161
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0161

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