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CVE-2008-4324
The user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.9%
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Description
The user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a series of keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, and onmouseup events. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.5 is also affected.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- 4321 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 32040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.secniche.org/moz303.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 31476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.secniche.org/moz303/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6614 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20080928 Advisory: Mozilla Firefox User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Dispatcher Crash and Remote Denial of Service. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080930 Re: Advisory: Mozilla Firefox User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Dispatcher Crash and Remote Denial of Service. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://evilfingers.com/advisory/Firefox_User_Interface_Null_Pointer_Dereference_Dispatcher_Crash_n_Remote_DoS.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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