CVE-2008-5500
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to (1) a reachable assertion or (2) an integer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 3.20% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33184Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33204Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33205Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33231Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33232Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33408Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33415Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33523Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33547Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35080Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Broken Link
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1Broken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.