CVE-2008-2934

Publication date 18 July 2008

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
firefox-3.0 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
iceape 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
icedove 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
iceweasel 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
mozilla-thunderbird 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
seamonkey 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
thunderbird 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
xulrunner-1.9 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-626-1
    • Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
    • 28 July 2008

Other references