NVD - CVE-2008-5052

CVE-2008-5052 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

The AppendAttributeValue function in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla 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) via unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated by e4x/extensions/regress-410192.js.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 11/13/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-52.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021183
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454113
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9449

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9449
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9449

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5052
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017

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