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CVE-2008-5500

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2008-12-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxMozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyDebian Debian LinuxMozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

CWE-399

References