CVE-2008-5502

high

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.

References

Advisories
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10001

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47408

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

http://secunia.com/advisories/33421

http://secunia.com/advisories/33216

http://secunia.com/advisories/33203

http://secunia.com/advisories/33189

http://secunia.com/advisories/33188

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-17

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02809