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Medium
CVE-2008-5502
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, Thunderbird...
Vulnerability 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 Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10001
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 3.0, 1.0, 8.04, 8.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 17th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.