CVE-2008-0017

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0017
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-13 11:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox http-index-format MIME Parsing Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian update for xulrunner - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:228 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1669-1 xulrunner af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1671-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: firefox-2.0.0.18-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1697-1 iceape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 443299 – Investigate possible buffer overflow in nsDirIndexParser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A -- Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian update for iceape - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2008:05 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:230 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for firefox, firefox-3.0, and xulrunner-1.9 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox 3 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2008-54: Buffer overflow in http-index-format parser af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for firefox - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-667-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Unchecked Allocation RCE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Broken Link
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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