9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2008-0017
Mozilla Firefox Buffer Overflow
Description
The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 13, 2008, 11:30 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 26, 2018, 2:19 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2008-0017
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2008-0017.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-0017 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-0017 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 No Types Assigned http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021185 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021185 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.iss.net/threats/311.html No Types Assigned http://www.iss.net/threats/311.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.0.17 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0.3 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.18 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.4 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.1.13 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11005 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 13, 2008
Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity
being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS
score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-0017 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-0017
weaknesses.
CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call
CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities
CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion
CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File
CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags
CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
15.81 }} -0.77%
score
0.95862
percentile
CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability