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CVE-2008-5017

CRITICAL
10.0
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score0.1930%
EPSS Percentile1.29th
PublishedNov 13, 2008
Last ModifiedApr 23, 2026

Vulnerability 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.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦
Mozilla

Firefox

>= 2.0 and < 2.0.0.18
📦
Mozilla

Firefox

>= 3.0 and < 3.0.4
📦
Mozilla

Seamonkey

>= 1.0 and < 1.1.13
📦
Mozilla

Thunderbird

>= 2.0 and < 2.0.0.18
💻
Debian

Debian Linux

= 4.0
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 6.06
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 7.10
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 8.04
💻
Canonical

Ubuntu Linux

= 8.10

References & Advisories

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/32715

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