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CVE-2008-5052
The AppendAttributeValue function in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and…
High10.0EPSS 3.4%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
The AppendAttributeValue function in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla 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) via unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption, as demonstrated by e4x/extensions/regress-410192.js.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- ADV-2008-3146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9449 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454113 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-52.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- TA08-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1021183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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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