01 Record
CVE-2008-0017
The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-11-13 11:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ffa1dd97a17e3107717e7edfa1fe15b084b25e93df59da6a020fc92b648ae635
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3146http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
- www.securitytracker.com1021185http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021185
- www.debian.orgDSA-1697http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299
- www.debian.orgDSA-1671http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
- www.securityfocus.com32281http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9667https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
- secunia.com32713http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0977http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:230http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0977http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-54.html
- secunia.com32695http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0978http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1669http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- secunia.com32778http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-9669https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
- secunia.com33433http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- sunsolve.sun.com256408http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:055http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
- secunia.com32694http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
- secunia.com32721http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
- www.us-cert.govTA08-319Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
- secunia.com32853http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11005https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005
- secunia.com32693http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:228http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
- secunia.com32845http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
- www.iss.net20081113 Mozilla Unchecked Allocation Remote Code Executionhttp://www.iss.net/threats/311.html
- secunia.com32684http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
- ubuntu.comUSN-667-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
- secunia.com32714http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
- secunia.com34501http://secunia.com/advisories/34501