CVE-2008-5502

Mozilla Firefox <3.0.5-SeaMonkey <1.1.14 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (19)

Core 19
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/33421
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
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679
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 third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47408
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_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
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 0.0227
EPSS Percentile 81.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.10
mozilla/firefox 2.0 - 2.0.0.19
mozilla/seamonkey 1.0 - 1.1.14
Published Dec 17, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026