CVE - CVE-2008-5021

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5021	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:1021186 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186 MISC:256408 URL:~~http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:32281 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 MISC:32684 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 MISC:32693 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 MISC:32694 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 MISC:32695 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 MISC:32713 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 MISC:32714 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 MISC:32715 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 MISC:32721 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 MISC:32778 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 MISC:32798 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 MISC:32845 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 MISC:32853 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 MISC:33433 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 MISC:33434 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 MISC:34501 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 MISC:ADV-2008-3146 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:ADV-2009-0977 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-1669 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 MISC:DSA-1671 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 MISC:DSA-1696 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 MISC:DSA-1697 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 MISC:FEDORA-2008-9667 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html MISC:FEDORA-2008-9669 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html MISC:MDVSA-2008:228 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDVSA-2008:230 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDVSA-2008:235 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0976 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html MISC:RHSA-2008:0977 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html MISC:RHSA-2008:0978 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2008:055 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html MISC:TA08-319A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html MISC:USN-667-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 MISC:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html URL:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html MISC:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002 URL:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9642 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20081110	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081110)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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