CVE-2008-2785

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS object reference counter in the CSSValue array (aka nsCSSValue:Array) data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of references to a common CSS object, leading to a counter overflow and a free of in-use memory, aka ZDI-CAN-349.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.52% Top 10%
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References

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http://secunia.com/advisories/31154 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9900 vdb entry signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31403 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31270 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380767 vendor advisory
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/06/18/new-security-issue-under-investigation/
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-044/
http://secunia.com/advisories/31121 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00667.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=440230
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31145 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31122 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29802 vdb entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494860/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-2 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0598.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31157 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1614 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31253 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31183 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0599.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory
http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/blog/2008/06/18/vulnerability-in-mozilla-firefox-30
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683
http://secunia.com/advisories/31261 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31144 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30761 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-623-1 vendor advisory
http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380974 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31176 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494504/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00672.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31220 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31195 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31129 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020336 vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43167 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:148 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-34.html patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31306 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31286 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1873 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2785?
CVE-2008-2785 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2785?
To fix CVE-2008-2785, 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-2008-2785 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2785 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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