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CVE-2008-5016
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, 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) via multiple vectors that trigger an assertion failure or other consequences.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
26
- ADV-2008-3146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=439206%2C453406%2C458637%2C444864%2C452157%2C449111%2C444260%2C457375%2C433429%2C443528%2C430394 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32713 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11356 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0978 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 32778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0976 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-52.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA08-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1021183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-667-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 34501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4995 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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