CVE-2008-5021

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 13, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5021: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix