CVE-2008-0017

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-11-13
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

Description

The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	9.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-0977	2008-11-13
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-0977	2008-11-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (devhelp)	ELSA-2008-0978	2008-11-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-0978	2008-11-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2008-0978	2008-11-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2008-0978	2008-11-13
Oracle Linux version 5 (yelp)	ELSA-2008-0978	2008-11-13