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FKIE_CVE-2008-2934

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-07-18 16:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31132Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31270Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34501Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020516Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360Exploit, Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31132Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31270Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
apple mac_os_x *
canonical ubuntu_linux 8.04

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    }
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    },
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      "value": "Mozilla Firefox 3 anterior a la versi\u00f3n 3.0.1  sobre Mac OS X permite a atacante remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (Con caida de la aplicaci\u00f3n) o posiblemente ejecutar codigo arbitrario mediante un fichero GIF manipulado que ocasiona la liberacion de un puntero no inicializado."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2008-2934",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:54:45.940",
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    },
    {
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      "comment": "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.",
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}



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