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CVE-2008-4062 Details

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the JavaScript engine and (1) misinterpretation of the characteristics of Namespace and QName in jsxml.c, (2) misuse of signed integers in the nsEscapeCount function in nsEscape.cpp, and (3) interaction of JavaScript garbage collection with certain use of an NPObject in the nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in nsJSNPRuntime.cpp.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367736 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444608 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445229 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
< 2.0.0.17
>= 3.0, < 3.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla seamonkey
< 1.1.12

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
< 2.0.0.17

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
4.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
6.06
7.04
7.10
8.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4062
NVD Published Date:
Sep 24, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-4062 Details - Not Deferred