CVE-2008-0017
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Memory corruption
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32694Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721Advisory