CVE-2008-5016 — Reachable Assertion in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-3997 documents6 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
21.3%
top 4.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedNov 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, 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) via multiple vectors that trigger an assertion failure or other consequences.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox3.0.3+3
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey1.1.12+22
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird2.0.0.17+7

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9gm5-4h53-36xh: The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2008-5016: The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3↗2008-11-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2008-11-26
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Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities↗2008-11-17
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Red Hat
Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption↗2008-11-12
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5016 Mozilla crash with evidence of memory corruption↗2008-11-10
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CVE-2008-5016 — Reachable Assertion in Mozilla Firefox | cvebase