Is CVE-2008-0017 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-0017 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-0017?

CVE-2008-0017 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-0017

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 7.7%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 7.7% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-0030)
Published: November 13, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0030 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1(Broken Link)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.iss.net/threats/311.html(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-54.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021185(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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