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CVE-2008-5021

Published: Nov 13, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
3.6%
Top 11.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
firefoxmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
seamonkeymozilla
Desktop App
Consumer Software / browser
thunderbirdmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Communications / email-server-client
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 10 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.debian.org/security/dsa-1669/
debian.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0016
cve.mitre.org
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4062
cve.mitre.org
and 61 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 13, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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