CVE-2008-1380 Denial of service in n/a
Critical 9.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1380 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-1380 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 17 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1380 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1380/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1380/index.md)
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted web page exploiting a garbage collector crash in the JavaScript engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-1380?
CVE-2008-1380 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 17 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.14, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.14, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (garbage collector crash) and possibly have other impacts via a crafted web page. NOTE: this is due to an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-1237.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1380?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-chat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-dom-inspector Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-js-debugger Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-mail Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nspr-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
seamonkey-nss-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.9-0.15.el2 |
Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1380?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-1380 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1380 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DSA-1555-1, DSA-1558-1, DSA-1562-1, GHSA-q7cx-jxvc-hrmp, RHSA-2008:0222, RHSA-2008:0223 and 1 more.