CVE-2008-5021 – Mozilla Firefox Input Box Type Property Dangling Pointer Vulnerability

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2008-5021

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. nsFrameManager en Firefox v3.x antes de la v3.0.4, Firefox v2.x antes de la v2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x antes de la v2.0.0.18, y SeaMonkey v1.x antes de la v1.1.13 permite a atacantes remotos producir una denegación de servicio (caída) y una posible ejecución de código a su elección modificación de las propiedades de un elemento de entrada de fichero mientras se inicia, cuando se esta utilizando el método blur para acceder a no ha sido inicializada. This vulnerability allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page. The specific flaw exists when a DOM method on a specific HTML form object is called before the object itself has actually completed it's initialization. This will lead to a call of uninitialized data which can result in code execution under the context of the current user. • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 http:// • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') •