Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not properly check when the Flash module has been dynamically unloaded properly, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF file that "dynamically unloads itself from an outside JavaScript function," which triggers an access of an expired memory address.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1669-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1671-1 New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1697-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-667-1 Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:16.912Z

Reserved: 2008-11-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5013

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-13T11:30:01.220

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-5013

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2008-11-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5013 - Bugzilla

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