The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, 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) via vectors that trigger memory corruption, related to the GetXMLEntity and FastAppendChar functions.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:46.957Z

Reserved: 2008-12-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5502

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-17T23:30:00.483

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

Link: CVE-2008-5502

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2008-12-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5502 - Bugzilla

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