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CVE-2008-0412

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to the (1) nsTableFrame::GetFrameAtOrBefore, (2) nsAccessibilityService::GetAccessible, (3) nsBindingManager::GetNestedInsertionPoint, (4) nsXBLPrototypeBinding::AttributeChanged, (5) nsColumnSetFrame::GetContentInsertionFrame, and (6) nsLineLayout::TrimTrailingWhiteSpaceIn methods, and other vectors.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.11
• Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.7
• Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.11

References

• http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28758
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28766
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28808
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28815
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28839
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28877

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