Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not properly check when the Flash module has been dynamically…

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not properly check when the Flash module has been dynamically unloaded properly, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file that "dynamically unloads itself from an outside JavaScript function," which triggers an access of an expired memory address.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.8% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-399 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-399 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (26)

• ADV-2008-3146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 32281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-9667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• DSA-1669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 32778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433610 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 32694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA08-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 32853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9660 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 32693 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1021181 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-49.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 32845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-667-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 32714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 10:40 UTC.