Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-2934
Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.
Vulnerability category: Execute codeDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2934
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.78%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 92 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-2934
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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6.8
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
8.6
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6.4
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NIST |
8.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
2.8
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-2934
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The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-2934
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Red Hat 2008-07-21Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31132
About Secunia Research | FlexeraBroken Link;Vendor Advisory
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.html
Crash with malformed GIF file on Mac OS X — MozillaVendor Advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
About Secunia Research | FlexeraBroken Link
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125
Webmail: access your OVH emails on ovhcloud.com | OVHcloudBroken Link
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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1
USN-626-1: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | UbuntuThird Party Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266
Broken Link;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://secunia.com/advisories/31270
About Secunia Research | FlexeraBroken Link
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516
GoDaddy Domain Name SearchBroken Link;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850
Mozilla Firefox GIF file code execution CVE-2008-2934 Vulnerability ReportThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Broken Link
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Webmail: access your OVH emails on ovhcloud.com | OVHcloudBroken Link
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https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360
441360 - (CVE-2008-2934) Crash [@ CoreFoundation@0x745a4 ] opening GIF fileExploit;Issue Tracking
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*