CVE-2008-5021

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5021
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-13 11:30:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 17:07:00 UTC
DescriptionnsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Operating System Novell Linux Desktop 9 All All All
Operating System Novell Open Enterprise Server - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 - All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp2 All All

References

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Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for icedove - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2008-55: Crash and remote code execution in nsFrameManager CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xulrunner-1.9.0.4-1.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1696-1 icedove DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: firefox-2.0.0.18-1.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox nsFrameManager Memory Access Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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Sun Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for seamonkey - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for thunderbird - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-667-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox 3 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for firefox and xulrunner - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1669-1 xulrunner DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-319A -- Mozilla Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian update for iceape - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1697-1 iceape DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2008:05 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:235 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
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