CVE-2008-0420

N/A
Published: February 12, 2008 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxThunderbirdSeamonkey

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

modules/libpr0n/decoders/bmp/nsBMPDecoder.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 does not properly perform certain calculations related to the mColors table, which allows remote attackers to read portions of memory uninitialized via a crafted 8-bit bitmap (BMP) file that triggers an out-of-bounds read within the heap, as demonstrated using a CANVAS element; or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted 8-bit bitmap file that triggers an out-of-bounds read. NOTE: the initial public reports stated that this affected Firefox in Ubuntu 6.06 through 7.10.

Remediation

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References (26)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28758
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28839
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29049
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29098
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29167
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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