CVE-2008-5014

Mozilla crash and remote code execution via __proto__ tampering

Published Nov 13, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 5.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
jslock.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.2, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying the window.__proto__.__proto__ object in a way that causes a lock on a non-native object, which triggers an assertion failure related to the OBJ_IS_NATIVE function.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1669-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1671-1 New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1696-1 New icedove packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1697-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-667-1 Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-668-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-50.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021182 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436741 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5014 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9157 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5014 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:40 AM
Reserved
Nov 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 13, 2008, 11:30 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Nov 12, 2008, 12:00 AM