CVE-2008-5502
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245Advisory