CVE-2008-5052

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

The AppendAttributeValue function in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla 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 unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated by e4x/extensions/regress-410192.js.

The AppendAttributeValue function in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla 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 unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated by e4x/extensions/regress-410192.js.

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

Type

Mozilla

First reported 16 years ago

2008-11-13 11:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-11-02 13:50:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla SeaMonkey

Mozilla Thunderbird

References

SUSE-SA:2008:055

Third Party Advisory

MDVSA-2008:228

Third Party Advisory

MDVSA-2008:235

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-52.html

Vendor Advisory

32281

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1021183

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

TA08-319A

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

ADV-2008-3146

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454113

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9449

Third Party Advisory

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