CVE-2008-5502
N/A
Published: December 17, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxSeamonkey
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%2.0 ≤ v < 2.0.0.193.0 ≤ v < 3.0.5
Affected range stops below 2.0.0.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
References (19)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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