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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2934 Detail

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/21/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/31132 Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31132 Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31270 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31270 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Broken Link 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2934
NVD Published Date:
07/18/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.