CVE-2008-2934 (GCVE-0-2008-2934)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-18 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
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EPSS
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Summary
Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfs… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31132 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2008-07-16 00:00
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