CVE-2008-5502

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-12-17

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-5502 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)ELSA-2008-10372008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nspr)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nss)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)ELSA-2008-10372008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)ELSA-2009-00022009-01-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17



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