The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to (1) a reachable assertion or (2) an integer overflow.
CVE-2008-5500
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 86.6%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
December 17, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (86)
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33184
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33188
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33189
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33203
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33204
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33205
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33216
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33231
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33232
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33408
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33415
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33421
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33434
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33523
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | mozilla-thunderbird (1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614i-0ubuntu0.6.06.1) @ dapper | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xulrunner-1.9 (1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1) @ intrepid | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox (1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614i-0ubuntu1) @ dapper | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox (2.0.0.19+nobinonly1-0ubuntu0.7.10.1) @ gutsy | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | thunderbird (2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1) @ gutsy | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.19-1.el5_2 | 2009-01-07 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-32.el4 | 2008-12-17 | redhat |
| redhat | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.5-1.el5_2 | 2008-12-17 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
(8)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2008:1036CRITICAL2008-12-16
RHSA-2008:1036 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:1037CRITICAL2008-12-16
RHSA-2008:1037 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2009:0002CRITICAL2008-12-16
RHSA-2009:0002 — Critical
- UbuntuUSN-690-1LOW
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-690-2LOW
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-690-3LOW
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-701-1LOW
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-701-2LOW
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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