CVE-2008-2785
published 2008-06-19CVE-2008-2785: Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS…
PriorityP342critical9.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCCICAC
EPSS
5.28%
91.7th percentile
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS object reference counter in the CSSValue array (aka nsCSSValue:Array) data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of references to a common CSS object, leading to a counter overflow and a free of in-use memory, aka ZDI-CAN-349.
Affected
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.09.3CRITICALAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
vendor_ubuntu10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat9.3CRITICAL
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Ubuntu
Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
vendor_ubuntu·2008-08-04·CVSS 9.3
[CRITICAL] Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
Title: Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
Summary: Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp update
USN-626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in xulrunner-1.9. The changes required
that Devhelp, Epiphany, Midbrowser and Yelp also be updated to use the
new xulrunner-1.9.
Original advisory details:
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox and xulrunner, as used by browsers
such as Epiphany, did not properly perform URI splitting with pipe
symbols when passed a command-line URI. If
Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-07-28·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2785 [CRITICAL] Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox and xulrunner, as used by browsers
such as Epiphany, did not properly perform URI splitting with pipe
symbols when passed a command-line URI. If Firefox or xulrunner were
passed a malicious URL, an attacker may be able to execute local
content with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933)
Instructions: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-07-25·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2008-2785 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Various flaws were discovered in the browser engine. If a user had
Javascript enabled and were tricked into opening a malicious web
page, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-2798, CVE-2008-2799)
It was discovered that Thunderbird would allow non-privileged XUL
documents to load chrome scripts from the fastload file if Javascript
was enabled. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary
Javascript code with chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2802)
A flaw was discovered in Thunderbird that allowed overwriting trusted
objects via mozIJSSubScriptLoader.loadSubScript(). If a user had
Javascrip
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-07-17·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2933 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox vulnerabilities
A flaw was discovered in the browser engine. A variable could be made to
overflow causing the browser to crash. If a user were tricked into opening
a malicious web page, an attacker could cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2008-2785)
Billy Rios discovered that Firefox did not properly perform URI splitting
with pipe symbols when passed a command-line URI. If Firefox were passed
a malicious URL, an attacker may be able to execute local content with
chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-2933)
Instructions: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the
necessary changes.
Red Hat
mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
vendor_redhat·2008-07-16·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2785 [CRITICAL] mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS object reference counter in the CSSValue array (aka nsCSSValue:Array) data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of references to a common CSS object, leading to a counter overflow and a free of in-use memory, aka ZDI-CAN-349.
Red Hat
mozilla: unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability
vendor_redhat·2008-06-18·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2786 [CRITICAL] mozilla: unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability
mozilla: unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability
Buffer overflow in Firefox 3.0 and 2.0.x has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: due to lack of details as of 20080619, it is not clear whether this is the same issue as CVE-2008-2785. A CVE identifier has been assigned for tracking purposes.
GHSA
GHSA-58wr-4w95-xjcc: Buffer overflow in Firefox 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2786 [CRITICAL] CWE-119 GHSA-58wr-4w95-xjcc: Buffer overflow in Firefox 3
Buffer overflow in Firefox 3.0 and 2.0.x has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: due to lack of details as of 20080619, it is not clear whether this is the same issue as CVE-2008-2785. A CVE identifier has been assigned for tracking purposes.
GHSA
GHSA-wjww-59jc-83xc: Mozilla Firefox before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2008-2785 [HIGH] GHSA-wjww-59jc-83xc: Mozilla Firefox before 2
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS object reference counter in the CSSValue array (aka nsCSSValue:Array) data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of references to a common CSS object, leading to a counter overflow and a free of in-use memory, aka ZDI-CAN-349.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
bugzilla·2008-06-20·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2785 [CRITICAL] CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
CVE-2008-2785 mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-2785 to the following vulnerability:
Unspecified vulnerability in Firefox 3.0 and 2.0.x has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, aka ZDI-CAN-349.
Refences:
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/06/18/vulnerability-in-mozilla-firefox-30
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29802
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1873
http://secunia.com/advisories/30761
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43167
Discussion:
Mozilla blog post:
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/06/18/new-security-issue-under-investigation/
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*** Bug 452197 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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Now fixed upstream in MFSA 2008-34
http://www.mozilla.or
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2786 mozilla: unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability
bugzilla·2008-06-20·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2008-2786 [CRITICAL] CVE-2008-2786 mozilla: unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability
CVE-2008-2786 mozilla: unspecified buffer overflow vulnerability
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-2786 to the following vulnerability:
Buffer overflow in Firefox 3.0 and 2.0.x has unknown impact and attack vectors. NOTE: due to lack of details as of 20080619, it is not clear whether this is the same issue as CVE-2008-2785. A CVE identifier has been assigned for tracking purposes.
Refences:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-June/062832.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29794
Discussion:
CVE-2008-2785 tracked via bug bug #452204.
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Closing this due to it's age and the comment noted above; that it might be the same issue as CVE-2008-2785, which has already been resolved. We have no further information to indicate this is a
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2008-06-19
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