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CVE-2008-5016: mozilla firefox Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 13-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5016 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1RHSA-2008:0976RHSA-2008:0977RHSA-2008:0978

Timeline

  1. 13-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, 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 multiple vectors that trigger an assertion failure or other consequences.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla3 products
  • firefox≤ 3.0.3 | 3.0 | 3.0:alpha | 3.0:beta2 | 3.0:beta5 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2
  • seamonkey≤ 1.1.12 | 1.0 | 1.0:alpha | 1.0:beta | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1:alpha | 1.1:beta | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.1.10 | 1.1.11
  • thunderbird≤ 2.0.0.17 | 2.0.0.0 | 2.0.0.4 | 2.0.0.5 | 2.0.0.6 | 2.0.0.9 | 2.0.0.12 | 2.0.0.14

1 vendor · 3 products

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