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CVE-2008-5502

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-12-19	mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-5502 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-5502
Phase	Assigned(20081212)

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors that trigger memory corruption, related to the GetXMLEntity and FastAppendChar functions.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458679
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:245
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:1036
REDHAT	RHSA-2008:1037
REDHAT	RHSA-2009:0002
SUNALERT	256408
UBUNTU	USN-690-1
BID	32882
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10001
SECTRACK	1021417
SECUNIA	33216
SECUNIA	33188
SECUNIA	33189
SECUNIA	33203
SECUNIA	33421
SECUNIA	34501
VUPEN	ADV-2009-0977
XF	firefox-js-deflatestring-code-execution(47408)