CVE-2008-4063

Mozilla crashes with evidence of memory corruption

Published Sep 24, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4048 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-645-1 Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-645-2 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-647-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422 cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-42.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020916 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413048 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433758 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444452 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45354 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4063 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11151 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4063 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:00 AM
Reserved
Sep 12, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 24, 2008, 8:37 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Sep 23, 2008, 12:00 AM