CVE-2008-5021
Mozilla Firefox Input Box Type Property Dangling Pointer Vulnerability
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
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Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
CVSS Scores
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Timeline
- 2008-11-10 CVE Reserved
- 2008-11-12 CVE Published
- 2024-04-18 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
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CWE
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CAPEC
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | >= 2.0 < 2.0.0.18 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " >= 2.0 < 2.0.0.18" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" | >= 3.0 < 3.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " >= 3.0 < 3.0.4" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" | >= 1.0 < 1.1.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " >= 1.0 < 1.1.13" | - |
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| Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" | Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" | >= 2.0 < 2.0.0.18 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " >= 2.0 < 2.0.0.18" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 4.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "4.0" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 6.06 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "6.06" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 7.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "7.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 8.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.10" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 8 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "8" | - |
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| Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject" | Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" | 9 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "9" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Debuginfo Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Debuginfo" | 10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Debuginfo" and version "10" | sp2 |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Linux Desktop Search vendor "Novell" for product "Linux Desktop" | 9 Search vendor "Novell" for product "Linux Desktop" and version "9" | - |
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| Novell Search vendor "Novell" | Open Enterprise Server Search vendor "Novell" for product "Open Enterprise Server" | - | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 10.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "10.2" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 10.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "10.3" | - |
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| Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" | Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" | 11.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.0" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" | 10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "10" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" | 9 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "9" | - |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" | 10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "10" | sp1 |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" | 10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "10" | sp1 |
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| Suse Search vendor "Suse" | Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" | 10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "10" | sp2 |
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