CVE-2008-5016
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-5016 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-11-13 11:30:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple vectors that trigger an assertion failure or other consequences. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
NoneAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | beta2 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0 | beta5 | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | 3.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Firefox | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | alpha | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1 | beta | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.1.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | 2.0.0.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: firefox-2.0.0.18-1.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A -- Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2008:05 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:230 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| MFSA 2008-52: Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.0.4/1.8.1.18) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Ubuntu update for firefox, firefox-3.0, and xulrunner-1.9 - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox 3 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox Bugs in Browser Engine Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.fc9 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Bug List | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| Fedora update for firefox - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Red Hat update for thunderbird - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| USN-667-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ubuntu.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:235 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Bug List | MITRE | bugzilla.mozilla.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.