CVE-2007-5959

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 11.91% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27816	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38643	vdb entry
http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
http://secunia.com/advisories/27855	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1424	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00004.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-21.xml	vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0260
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995
http://secunia.com/advisories/28277	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27845	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1083.html	vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200909
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-38.html	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0643	vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg01011.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1082.html	vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374833	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28016	third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00168.html	vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:246	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/546-1/	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4018	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/27838	third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00135.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4002	vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018977.1-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27793	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11014	vdb entry signature
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198965
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27955	third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018994	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-546-2	vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00115.html	vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231441-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27957	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28398	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29164	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28001	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27796	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26593	vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.365006	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1984
http://secunia.com/advisories/27797	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27979	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28171	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27800	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1084.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1425	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27944	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27725	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5959?: CVE-2007-5959 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5959?: To fix CVE-2007-5959, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5959 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-5959 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.