CVE-2008-5018

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla 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) via vectors related to "insufficient class checking" in the Date class.

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla 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) via vectors related to "insufficient class checking" in the Date class.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-11-13 11:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-11-02 13:48:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla SeaMonkey

Mozilla Thunderbird

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

4.0

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS (Long-Term Support)

6.06

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10

7.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

8.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10

8.10

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