CVE-2008-2934

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.58% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31270 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry broken link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31132 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360 issue tracking exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125 vdb entry broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2934?
CVE-2008-2934 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2934?
To fix CVE-2008-2934, 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-2008-2934 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2934 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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