CVE-2008-5502

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

17/12/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	2.0 (including)	2.0.0.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	3.0 (including)	3.0.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::	1.0 (including)	1.1.14 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::*

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

CVE-2008-5502

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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