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CVE-2008-5502

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, 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) via vectors that trigger memory corruption, related to the GetXMLEntity and FastAppendChar functions.

Published

2008-12-17T23:30:00.483

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 2.0.0.19	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 3.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	< 1.1.14	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	8.10	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47408 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10001 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47408 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10001 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)