CVE-2008-5014

Description

jslock.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.2, 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying the window.__proto__.__proto__ object in a way that causes a lock on a non-native object, which triggers an assertion failure related to the OBJ_IS_NATIVE function.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 14.80% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436741 vendor advisory issue tracking
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021182 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-50.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 third party advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9157 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 third party advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5014?
CVE-2008-5014 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5014?
To fix CVE-2008-5014, 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-2008-5014 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5014 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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