CVE-2008-5500

Mozilla Firefox <3.0.5, Thunderbird <2.0.0.19, SeaMonkey <1.1.14 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, 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) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to (1) a reachable assertion or (2) an integer overflow.

References (43)

Core 43
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464998
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47406
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460803
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

Scores

EPSS 0.0320
EPSS Percentile 86.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (9)
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
debian/debian_linux 5.0
mozilla/firefox 2.0 - 2.0.0.19
mozilla/seamonkey 1.0 - 1.1.14
mozilla/thunderbird 2.0 - 2.0.0.19
Published Dec 17, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026