CVE-2008-5502

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-5502 · Published 17/12/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-5502 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla), seamonkey (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.0.19, 3.0.5, 1.1.14 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`≥ 2.0, < 2.0.0.19≥ 3.0, < 3.0.5`	`2.0.0.193.0.5`
seamonkey mozilla	`≥ 1.0, < 1.1.14`	`1.1.14`

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, 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) via vectors that trigger memory corruption, related to the GetXMLEntity and FastAppendChar functions.

References

secunia.com/advisories/33188 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/33189 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/33203 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/33216 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/33421 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/34501 · Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do · Broken Link
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-60.html · Vendor Advisory
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html · Third Party Advisory
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html · Third Party Advisory
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

firefox

mozilla

≥ 2.0, < 2.0.0.19≥ 3.0, < 3.0.5

2.0.0.193.0.5

seamonkey

mozilla

≥ 1.0, < 1.1.14

1.1.14

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