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CVE-2008-4062

HIGHEPSS 91th pctl
10.0
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
DeveloperEditionWindows application
Affected:3.0 3.0.2Fixed in:3.0.2Mozilla
Affected:2.0.0.17Fixed in:2.0.0.17Mozilla
Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application
Affected:3.0 3.0.2Fixed in:3.0.2Mozilla
Affected:2.0.0.17Fixed in:2.0.0.17Mozilla
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application
Affected:2.0.0.17Fixed in:2.0.0.17Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.99%probability of exploitation in 30 days
91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

References

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