2008-5502 | Mozilla Firefox Layout Engine resource management (Bug 458679 / BID-32882)
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Layout Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability.
The weakness was published 12/17/2008 by Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as Bug 458679 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5502 since 12/12/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn’t need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43721 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165625 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2009:002)).
Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 32882), X-Force (47408), Secunia (SA33216), SecurityTracker (ID 1021417) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20261). Similar entries are available at 45575, 45574, 45573 and 45572.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-399
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 43721
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2008:1036)
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OpenVAS ID: 63047
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Active APT Groups: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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08/03/2021 🔍Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
Advisory: Bug 458679
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5502 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 32882 – Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33216 – Ubuntu update for firefox-3.0 and xulrunner-1.9, Highly Critical
X-Force: 47408
SecurityTracker: 1021417 – Mozilla Firefox Bugs in JavaScript Engine and Layout Engine May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 20261 – Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Layout Engine Memory Corruption Remote DoS or Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0977
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 16:12
Changes: (3) source_nessus_risk exploit_price_0day vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_basescore
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