Is CVE-2008-5021 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5021 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5021?

CVE-2008-5021 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-5021

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 3.6%EU EUVD

nsFrameManager in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by modifying properties of a file input element while it is still being initialized, then using the blur method to access uninitialized memory.

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-362
EPSS score: 3.6% (89th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-5000)
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-2008-5000 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
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey
mozilla / thunderbird
novell / linux desktop
novell / open enterprise server
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501(Broken Link, 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(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-55.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021186(Broken Link, 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(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460002(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9642(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

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

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