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.
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-11-13T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.235Z

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

Link: CVE-2008-5021

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2008-11-13T11:30:01.377

Modified: 2024-02-02T17:07:05.890

Link: CVE-2008-5021

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

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

Links: CVE-2008-5021 - Bugzilla