CVE-2008-4062

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the JavaScript engine and (1) misinterpretation of the characteristics of Namespace and QName in jsxml.c, (2) misuse of signed integers in the nsEscapeCount function in nsEscape.cpp, and (3) interaction of JavaScript garbage collection with certain use of an NPObject in the nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in nsJSNPRuntime.cpp.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.03% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020916 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-42.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45355 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367736 vendor advisory issue tracking
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444608 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 third party advisory vdb entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10206 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445229 vendor advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4062?
CVE-2008-4062 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4062?
To fix CVE-2008-4062, 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-2008-4062 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4062 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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