FKIE_CVE-2008-5501
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-17 23:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:00
Severity
Summary
The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors that trigger an assertion failure.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.10 |
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