CVE-2008-5021
Firefox 2.0-2.0.0.17 and 3.x < 3.0.4 - Remote Code Execution via File Input Element Race Condition
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (38)
Core 38
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Scores
EPSS
0.2376
EPSS Percentile
96.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (20)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux
7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
8.10
debian/debian_linux
4.0
fedoraproject/fedora
8
fedoraproject/fedora
9
mozilla/firefox
2.0 - 2.0.0.18
mozilla/seamonkey
1.0 - 1.1.13
mozilla/thunderbird
2.0 - 2.0.0.18
... and 10 more
Published
Nov 13, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026