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title: "CVE-2008-0304\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-0304

Publication date 29 February 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12 and
SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code via a crafted external-body MIME type in an e-mail message, related to
an incorrect memory allocation during message preview.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icedove | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| mozilla-thunderbird | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080227-0ubuntu0.7.04.0 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080227-0ubuntu0.6.10.0 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080227-0ubuntu0.6.06.0 |
| thunderbird | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.0.0.12+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.0 |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0304)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0304)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0304)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0304)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-582-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-582-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 29 February 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0304>
