CVE-2008-4324

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 - User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Crash

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a series of keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, and onmouseup events. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.5 is also affected.

El despachador de eventos de la interfaz de usuario en Mozilla Firefox versión 3.0.3, en Windows XP SP2, permite a los atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (desreferencia del puntero NULL y bloqueo de aplicación) por medio de una serie de eventos de keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, y onmouseup. NOTA: más tarde se reportó que Firefox versión 3.0.2 en Mac OS X versión 10.5 también está afectado.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-09-29 CVE Reserved
2008-09-29 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://evilfingers.com/advisory/Firefox_User_Interface_Null_Pointer_Dereference_Dispatcher_Crash_n_Remote_DoS.php	X_refsource_misc
http://www.secniche.org/moz303.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496807/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496846/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6614	2024-08-07
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4321	2024-08-07
http://www.secniche.org/moz303/index.html	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31476	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32040	2018-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"	Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"	3.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "3.0.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Xp Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Xp"	*	sp2	Safe