medium5.0
CVE-2008-5502
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 deni…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | from 2.0 before 2.0.0.19 from 3.0 before 3.0.5 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | from 1.0 before 1.1.14 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 8.04, 8.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47408
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10001
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501