CVE-2008-5021

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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

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.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.23762

Schedule remediation

EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

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

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Affected Products & Versions

mozilla firefox>= 2.0 and < 2.0.0.18
mozilla firefox>= 3.0 and < 3.0.4
mozilla seamonkey>= 1.0 and < 1.1.13
mozilla thunderbird>= 2.0 and < 2.0.0.18
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
suse linux enterprise debuginfoall versions
Show all 14 affected productsnovell linux desktopall versions
novell open enterprise serverall versions
opensuseall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD13 Nov 2008 · 11:30 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1
usnUSN-668-1
usnUSN-667-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:0978Critical
rhsaRHSA-2008:0977Critical
Show all 6 vendor advisoriesrhsaRHSA-2008:0976Critical

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32684Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32693Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32694Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32695Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32713Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/32714Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32715Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32721Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32778Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32798Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32845Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32853Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33433Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33434Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Broken Link

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.htmlBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.htmlBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.htmlBroken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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