Intrusion PreventionMozilla.Firefox.XUL.Memory.Corruption
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against a memory-corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a specially crafted XUL tree. It allows a remote attacker to crash the software via sending a crafted web page.
Affected Products
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4
Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18
SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13
Impact
System compromise
Recommended Actions
Upgrade to the latest version.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
| ID | 17424 |
| Created | May 22, 2009 |
| Updated | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2008-5016 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 75.68% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, Linux |
| Affected App | Mozilla |