Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.10 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.10. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2010-0163. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.10 (Mail Client Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 03/22/2010 by Paul as Bug 505221 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0163. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 60809 (Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155877 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for SeaMonkey (ELSA-2010-0499)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56993), Tenable (60809), SecurityFocus (BID 38831†), Secunia (SA38977†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25184†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-52280. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 60809
Nessus Name: Scientific Linux Security Update : seamonkey on SL3.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64
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OpenVAS ID: 67209
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2025-1 (icedove)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 1.5.0.11

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 505221
Researcher: Paul
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0163 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0163
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52281

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X-Force: 56993
SecurityFocus: 38831 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 38977
Vulnerability Center: 25184 - Mozilla Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS Vulnerability via Malicious MIME Attachments, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/03/2026 00:18
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (66), 02/22/2017 10:51 (9), 09/05/2021 15:04 (4), 09/05/2021 15:08 (1), 03/30/2025 03:09 (17), 05/03/2026 00:18 (1)
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