PT-2008-4239 · Mozilla+1 · Thunderbird+3

Gary Kwong + 2 · Published 2008-07-02 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2799

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.15 Thunderbird versions prior to 2.0.0.14 SeaMonkey versions prior to 1.1.10

Description The issue is related to the JavaScript engine and can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to application crashes, and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.15, update to version 2.0.0.15 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 2.0.0.14, update to version 2.0.0.14 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 1.1.10, update to version 1.1.10 or later.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2799

DSA-1607-1

DSA-1615-1

DSA-1621-1

DSA-1697-1

RHSA-2008:0547

RHSA-2008:0549

RHSA-2008:0569

RHSA-2008:0616

RHSA-2008_0547

RHSA-2008_0549

RHSA-2008_0569

RHSA-2008_0616

Affected Products

Firefox

Red Hat

Seamonkey

Thunderbird

References · 73

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• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2799 · Security Note