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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1236

Original release date:03/27/2008
Last revised:02/21/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the layout engine.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-087A
Name: TA08-087A
Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-3557
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00074.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-3519
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00058.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-605-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-605-1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-15.html
Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-15.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:155
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-18
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2091
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2091/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1793
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 239546
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239546-1
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 238492
Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31043
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31043
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30620
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30620
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30192
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30192
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30105
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30105
External Source: XF
Name: mozilla-layoutengine-code-execution(41445)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41445
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-592-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019695
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019695
External Source: BID
Name: 28448
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080327 rPSA-2008-0128-1 firefox
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0209
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0207
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:080
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0999
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0999/references
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-0998
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1574
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1574
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1535
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1534
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1532
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30370
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30370
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30327
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30327
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30094
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30094
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30016
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30016
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29645
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29645
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29616
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29616
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29607
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29607
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29560
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29560
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29558
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29558
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29550
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29550
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29548
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29548
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29547
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29547
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29541
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29541
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29539
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29539
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29526
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29526
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29391
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29391
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0208
Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2008-128-02
Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=slackware-security&m=121022465927874&w=2
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2008:019
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1236