CVE-2008-5014
HIGH severity · CVSS 10 · Improper input validation
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
jslock.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.2, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying the window.__proto__.__proto__ object in a way that causes a lock on a non-native object, which triggers an assertion failure related to the OBJ_IS_NATIVE function.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/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/32011Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32694Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32715Advisory