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CVE-2008-0017

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2008-11-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.

Affected Platforms

Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References