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CVE-2008-4061 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the MathML component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an mtd element with a large integer value in the rowspan attribute, related to the layout engine.


Evaluator Description

NOTE: Thunderbird shares the browser engine with Firefox and could be vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail. Without further investigation we cannot rule out the possibility that for some of these an attacker might be able to prepare memory for exploitation through some means other than JavaScript such as large images.

Severity



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Hyperlink Resource
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 Third Party Advisory 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-42.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020916 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443089 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45351 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10794 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4061
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/01/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.