FKIE_CVE-2008-4324
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-29 20:09 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
The user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a series of keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, and onmouseup events. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.5 is also affected.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | 3.0.3 | |
| microsoft | windows_xp | * |
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