CVE-2008-5501

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors that trigger an assertion failure.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.39% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=395623	issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10257	vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47407	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021417	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5501?: CVE-2008-5501 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5501?: To fix CVE-2008-5501, 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-2008-5501 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-5501 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.