CVE-2008-4063
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the layout engine and (1) a zero value of the "this" variable in the nsContentList::Item function; (2) interaction of the indic IME extension, a Hindi language selection, and the "g" character; and (3) interaction of the nsFrameList::SortByContentOrder function with a certain insufficient protection of inline frames.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.0% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4048)
- Published
- September 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4048 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31987(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32011(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32089(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32095(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32096(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501(Vendor Advisory)
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-42.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020916
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=413048
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=433758
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444452
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45354
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11151
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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