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CVE-2008-4062

Published: Sep 24, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4062
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*2.0.0.17 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla3.0 (including)3.0.2 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*1.1.12 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*2.0.0.17 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.24.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatfirefox-0:3.0.2-3.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatdevhelp-0:0.10-0.10.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-26.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-16.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatdevhelp-0:0.12-19.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:3.0.2-3.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatnss-0:3.12.1.1-1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatxulrunner-0:1.9.0.2-5.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatyelp-0:2.16.0-21.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5*
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntufeisty*
FirefoxUbuntugutsy*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntumaverick*
FirefoxUbuntunatty*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntugutsy*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntuhardy*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntuintrepid*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntujaunty*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntuupstream*
IceapeUbuntugutsy*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntudapper*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntufeisty*
SeamonkeyUbuntudevel*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntuintrepid*
SeamonkeyUbuntujaunty*
SeamonkeyUbuntukarmic*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntumaverick*
SeamonkeyUbuntunatty*
SeamonkeyUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntugutsy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuintrepid*
ThunderbirdUbuntujaunty*
ThunderbirdUbuntukarmic*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntumaverick*
ThunderbirdUbuntunatty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
XulrunnerUbuntufeisty*
XulrunnerUbuntugutsy*
XulrunnerUbuntuhardy*
XulrunnerUbuntuintrepid*
XulrunnerUbuntujaunty*
XulrunnerUbuntukarmic*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntugutsy*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuintrepid*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntujaunty*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuupstream*

References

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