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CVE-2008-5017

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-11-13	mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-5017 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-5017
Phase	Assigned(20081110)

Description

Integer overflow in xpcom/io/nsEscape.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla 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) via unknown vectors.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455987
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-52.html
DEBIAN	DSA-1669
DEBIAN	DSA-1671
DEBIAN	DSA-1697
DEBIAN	DSA-1696
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-9669
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-9667
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:228
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:235
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:230
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:0977
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:0978
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:0976
SUNALERT	256408
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2008:055
UBUNTU	USN-667-1
CERT	TA08-319A
BID	32281
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11436
SECTRACK	1021183
SECUNIA	34501
SECUNIA	32684
SECUNIA	32713
SECUNIA	32798
SECUNIA	32778
SECUNIA	32853
VUPEN	ADV-2008-3146
SECUNIA	32721
SECUNIA	32845
SECUNIA	32693
SECUNIA	32694
SECUNIA	32695
SECUNIA	32714
SECUNIA	32715
SECUNIA	33433
SECUNIA	33434
VUPEN	ADV-2009-0977