CVE-2008-4324

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4324
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-29 20:09:59 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a series of keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, and onmouseup events. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.5 is also affected.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mozilla Firefox "keypress" User Interface Event Dispatching Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
EvilFingers - Mozilla Firefox User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Dispatcher Crash and Remote Denial of Service. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 evilfingers.com
SecurityReason - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Crash af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Exploit
Mozilla Firefox User Interface Dispatcher Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecNiche Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.secniche.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 - User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Crash - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Mozilla Firefox User Interface Dispatcher Crash and Remote Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.secniche.org Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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