CVE-2008-2807

NameCVE-2008-2807
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8 encoding in a French .properties file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1607-1, DSA-1615-1, DSA-1621-1, DSA-1697-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
icedove (PTS)jessie1:52.3.0-4~deb8u2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceapesourceetch1.0.13~pre080614i-0etch1DSA-1697-1
iceapesource(unstable)1.1.10-1
icedovesourceetch1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15b.dfsg1+prepatch080614d-0etch1DSA-1621-1
icedovesource(unstable)2.0.0.16-1
iceweaselsourceetch2.0.0.15-0etch1DSA-1607-1
iceweaselsource(unstable)3.0
xulrunnersourceetch1.8.0.15~pre080614d-0etch1DSA-1615-1
xulrunnersource(unstable)1.9.0.1-1
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