CVE-2008-5021

CVE Details

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

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-5021 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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 Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2008-0976	2008-11-20
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