CVE-2008-5502

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-12-17
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-1037	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nspr)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nss)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (seamonkey)	ELSA-2008-1037	2008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2009-0002	2009-01-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2008-1036	2008-12-17