CVE-2008-3444
The content layout component in Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted but well-formed web page that contains "a simple set of legitimate HTML…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The content layout component in Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted but well-formed web page that contains "a simple set of legitimate HTML tags."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.63% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/07/30/low-risk-denial-of-service-in-firefox/
- http://www.radware.com/newsevents/pressrelease.aspx?id=6459
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30486
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448564
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44169
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/07/30/low-risk-denial-of-service-in-firefox/
- http://www.radware.com/newsevents/pressrelease.aspx?id=6459
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30486
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448564
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44169
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.