Detections
Analytics
CVE-2008-5021
critical
Description
nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.
References
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-5000
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694