9.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-0412

Published: 08/02/2008 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 828
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox prior to 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird prior to 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey prior to 1.1.8 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to the (1) nsTableFrame::GetFrameAtOrBefore, (2) nsAccessibilityService::GetAccessible, (3) nsBindingManager::GetNestedInsertionPoint, (4) nsXBLPrototypeBinding::AttributeChanged, (5) nsColumnSetFrame::GetContentInsertionFrame, and (6) nsLineLayout::TrimTrailingWhiteSpaceIn methods, and other vectors.

Vulnerability Trend

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mozilla firefox

Vendor Advisories

USN-582-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Thunderbird The upstream fixes were incomplete, and after performing certain actions Thunderbird would crash due to memory errors This update fixes the problem ...
Various flaws were discovered in the browser and JavaScript engine By tricking a user into opening a malicious web page, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges (CVE-2008-0412, CVE-2008-0413) ...
It was discovered that Thunderbird did not properly set the size of a buffer when parsing an external-body MIME-type If a user were to open a specially crafted email, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user (CVE-2008-0304) ...
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xulrunner, a runtime environment for XUL applications The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-0412 Jesse Ruderman, Kai Engert, Martijn Wargers, Mats Palmgren and Paul Nickerson discovered crashes in the layout engine, which might al ...
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Icedove mail client, an unbranded version of the Thunderbird client The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-0412 Jesse Ruderman, Kai Engert, Martijn Wargers, Mats Palmgren and Paul Nickerson discovered crashes in the layout engi ...
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceape internet suite, an unbranded version of the Seamonkey Internet Suite The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-0412 Jesse Ruderman, Kai Engert, Martijn Wargers, Mats Palmgren and Paul Nickerson discovered crashes in the lay ...
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Iceweasel web browser, an unbranded version of the Firefox browser The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2008-0412 Jesse Ruderman, Kai Engert, Martijn Wargers, Mats Palmgren and Paul Nickerson discovered crashes in the layout engin ...
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-01 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:18112) Announced February 7, 2008 Reporter Mozilla developers and community Impact Critical Products Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderb ...

References

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