CVE-2008-5021
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · CWE-362
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, 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 properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (2)
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/32715Advisory