CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5502
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (>= 2.0 < 2.0.0.19)
• mozilla firefox (>= 3.0 < 3.0.5)
• mozilla seamonkey (>= 1.0 < 1.1.14)
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- 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