CVE-2008-4063

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the layout engine and (1) a zero value of the "this" variable in the nsContentList::Item function; (2) interaction of the indic IME extension, a Hindi language selection, and the "g" character; and (3) interaction of the nsFrameList::SortByContentOrder function with a certain insufficient protection of inline frames.

Score

CVSS 2.0 9.3 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2008-09-24

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Firefox (Mozilla)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-42.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020916
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413048
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433758
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444452
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45354
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11151
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html