Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4062

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.
Publish Date : 2008-09-24 Last Update Date : 2018-11-01

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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score	10.0
Confidentiality Impact	Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact	Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact	Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity	Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication	Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access	None
Vulnerability Type(s)	Denial Of ServiceExecute CodeMemory corruption
CWE ID	399

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor	Impact	CVSS Score	CVSS Vector	Report Date	Publish Date
Redhat	critical			2008-09-01	2008-09-23

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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title	Definition Id	Family
CVE-2008-4062	oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20084062	unix
DSA-1649 iceweasel -- several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7657	unix
DSA-1649-1 iceweasel - several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19884	unix
DSA-1669 xulrunner -- several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7740	unix
DSA-1669-1 xulrunner - several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19874	unix
DSA-1696 icedove -- several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8021	unix
DSA-1696-1 icedove -- several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12973	unix
DSA-1697 iceape -- several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7950	unix
DSA-1697-1 iceape -- several vulnerabilities	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13245	unix
ELSA-2008:0879: firefox security update (Critical)	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22483	unix
ELSA-2008:0908: thunderbird security update (Moderate)	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22664	unix
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.1...	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10206	unix
RHSA-2008:0879 -- firefox security update (Critical)	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29008	unix
RHSA-2008:0879: firefox security update (Critical)	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080879	unix
RHSA-2008:0882: seamonkey security update (Critical)	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080882	unix
RHSA-2008:0908 -- thunderbird security update (Moderate)	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28693	unix
RHSA-2008:0908: thunderbird security update (Moderate)	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080908	unix

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- Products Affected By CVE-2008-4062

#	Product Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
1	OS	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	6.06	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
2	OS	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	7.04	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
3	OS	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	7.10	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
4	OS	Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	8.04	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
5	OS	Debian	Debian Linux	4.0	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
6	Application	Mozilla	Firefox	*	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
7	Application	Mozilla	Seamonkey	*	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities
8	Application	Mozilla	Thunderbird	*	*	*	*	Version Details Vulnerabilities