CVE-2008-5500

high

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, 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) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to (1) a reachable assertion or (2) an integer overflow.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11053

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47406

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464998

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460803

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696

http://secunia.com/advisories/35080

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

http://secunia.com/advisories/33547

http://secunia.com/advisories/33523

http://secunia.com/advisories/33434

http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

http://secunia.com/advisories/33421

http://secunia.com/advisories/33415

http://secunia.com/advisories/33408

http://secunia.com/advisories/33232

http://secunia.com/advisories/33231

http://secunia.com/advisories/33216

http://secunia.com/advisories/33205

http://secunia.com/advisories/33204

http://secunia.com/advisories/33203

http://secunia.com/advisories/33189

http://secunia.com/advisories/33188

http://secunia.com/advisories/33184

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-17

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High