NVD

CVE-2008-5021 Detail

Description

nsFrameManager 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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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Base Score: N/A

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

Reanalysis by NIST 2/02/2024 12:07:05 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 695 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:10:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:novell:linux_desktop:9::::::: cpe:2.3:o:novell:open_enterprise_server:-::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:10.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:-::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9::::::: *cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enter
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8::::::: cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:::::::
Added	CVSS V2 Metadata		Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-362
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-399
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Third Party Advisory	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 Third Party Advisory	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html Third Party Advisory	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642 Third Party Advisory	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/02/2018 9:48:55 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.18
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 8181 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9_rc::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1	OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 No Types Assigned	http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html No Types Assigned	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html US Government Resource	http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5021
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2008
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2008-5021 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:58:28 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 2/02/2024 12:07:05 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/02/2018 9:48:55 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:32:25 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 11/13/2008 2:12:00 PM

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