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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-2210 json

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…

published 2009-06-25 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2206

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.39.el3
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-44.el4_8
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.39.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.39.el3
  • seamonkey-chat RHEL 4 1.0.9-44.el4_8
  • seamonkey-mail RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.39.el3
  • seamonkey-mail RHEL 4 1.0.9-44.el4_8
  • seamonkey-nspr RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.39.el3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1134RHSA-2009:1126RHSA-2009:1125

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-2210 updated cvss 6.8

Thunderbird mail crash

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.39.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.39.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-44.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-23.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-dom-inspector 1.0.9-44.el4_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1134
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) thunderbird 2.0.0.22-2.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1126
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-44.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-23.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-dom-inspector 1.0.9-44.el4_8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.39.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-44.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-23.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-dom-inspector 1.0.9-44.el4_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1134
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.22-2.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1126
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.39.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.39.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 seamonkey 1.0.9-44.el4_8, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-23.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-44.el4_8, seamonkey-dom-inspector 1.0.9-44.el4_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1134

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Exploit prediction

3.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.