Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5500
CVE-2008-5500
Description
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to (1) a reachable assertion or (2) an integer overflow.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0,<2.0.0.19
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.0,<1.1.14
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.14
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0,<2.0.0.19
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.19
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
43- secunia.com/advisories/33184nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33188nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33189nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33203nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33204nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33205nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33216nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33231nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33232nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33408nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33415nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33421nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33433nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33434nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33523nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33547nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34501nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35080nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47406nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11053nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
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