CVE Vulnerability

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.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2008-12-17 11:30

Updated : 2018-11-08 08:11

NVD link : CVE-2008-5502

Mitre link : CVE-2008-5502

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-399