CVE-2008-5016 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the layout engine of Mozilla Firefox 3.x, Thunderbird 2.x, and SeaMonkey 1.x. Remote attackers can trigger a crash through various vectors, leading to an assertion failure. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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