9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2009-2210
Mozilla Thunderbird File Format Double-Free Vulnerability
Description

Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.17 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a multipart/alternative e-mail message containing a text/enhanced part that triggers access to an incorrect object type.

INFO

Published Date :

June 25, 2009, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2210 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla thunderbird
2 Mozilla seamonkey
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-2210.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
http://secunia.com/advisories/35602
http://secunia.com/advisories/35633
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022433
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-33.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1134.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35461 Patch
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495057
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51315
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9994
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
http://secunia.com/advisories/35602
http://secunia.com/advisories/35633
http://secunia.com/advisories/35882
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022433
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-33.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1134.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35461 Patch
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495057
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51315
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9994
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2210 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2210 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35561
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35602
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35633
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/35882
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1022433
    Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.425408
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1830
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:141
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-33.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1134.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35461
    Added Reference http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.454275
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=495057
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51315
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9994
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00444.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00504.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9994 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9994 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51315 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51315 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 26, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2210 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-2210 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.53 }} -7.05%

score

0.89292

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability