CVE-2008-5016

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple vectors that trigger an assertion failure or other consequences.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 3.0.3; 3.0, 3.0-alpha, 3.0-beta2, 3.0-beta5, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.12; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-beta, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3 (+20)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.17; 2.0.0.0, 2.0.0.4, 2.0.0.5, 2.0.0.6, 2.0.0.9, 2.0.0.12 (+1)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230

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