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CVE-2008-5021

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
13/11/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
9.30
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0 (including) 2.0.0.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0 (including) 3.0.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.0 (including) 1.1.13 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0 (including) 2.0.0.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:linux_desktop:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:novell:open_enterprise_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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