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CVE-2008-0017

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 ch…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MozillaFirefox
from 2.0 before 2.0.0.18
from 3.0 before 3.0.4
MozillaSeamonkey
from 1.0 before 1.1.13
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 4.0, 5.0

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References