CVE-2008-2785 json
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer dat…
published 2008-06-19 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2778
- cvss
- 9.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 5.3%
- EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16 and 3.x before 3.0.1, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.16, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.11 use an incorrect integer data type as a CSS object reference counter in the CSSValue array (aka nsCSSValue:Array) data structure, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number of references to a common CSS object, leading to a counter overflow and a free of in-use memory, aka ZDI-CAN-349.
Patch / fix
- firefox RHEL 4.5 EUS, RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4
- firefox RHEL 5 3.0.1-1.el5
- yelp RHEL 5 2.16.0-20.el5
- devhelp RHEL 5 0.12-18.el5
- xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9.0.1-1.el5
- nspluginwrapper RHEL 5 0.9.91.5-22.el5
- xulrunner-devel-unstable RHEL 5 1.9.0.1-1.el5
- thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-14.el4
red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0598RHSA-2008:0597RHSA-2008:0616RHSA-2008:0599
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2785 updated
mozilla: CSS reference counter overflow (ZDI-CAN-349)
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Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.22.el3, +1 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0599
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) yelp 2.16.0-20.el5, devhelp 0.12-18.el5, firefox 3.0.1-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.1-1.el5, nspluginwrapper 0.9.91.5-22.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.1-1.el5fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0597
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.18.el2, +1 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0599
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS EUS (v. 4.5) firefox 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0598
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.22.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.8.1.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, +2 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0599
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) yelp 2.16.0-20.el5, devhelp 0.12-18.el5, firefox 3.0.1-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.1-1.el5, thunderbird 2.0.0.16-1.el5, nspluginwrapper 0.9.91.5-22.el5, +1 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0616
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.8.1.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, +2 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0599
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) devhelp 0.12-18.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.1-1.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.1-1.el5fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0597
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES EUS (v. 4.5) firefox 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0598
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.18.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.22.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.8.1.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, +2 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0599
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.16-1.el5fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0616
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.18.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.22.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.22.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.8.1.el4, firefox 1.5.0.12-0.21.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-14.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-16.4.el4_6, +2 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.18.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.18.el2, +1 morefixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0599
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Exploit prediction
5.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-189 Numeric Errors
References
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mozilla.org
/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-34.html
patch, vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2009/dsa-1697
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html
vendor-advisory
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slackware.org
/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380767
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00667.html
vendor-advisory
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rhn.redhat.com
/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
vendor-advisory
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mandriva.com
/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155
vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/usn-626-2
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0598.html
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2008/dsa-1614
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/usn-629-1
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0599.html
vendor-advisory
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sunsolve.sun.com
/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
vendor-advisory
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slackware.com
/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/usn-623-1
vendor-advisory
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slackware.org
/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380974
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2008/dsa-1615
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00672.html
vendor-advisory
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ubuntu.com
/usn/usn-626-1
vendor-advisory
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mandriva.com
/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:148
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2008/dsa-1621
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31154
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31403
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31270
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31145
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31122
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31377
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31157
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/30761
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31129
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31176
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31183
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31195
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31220
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31253
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31261
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31286
vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31306
vendor-advisory
- novell.com /support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9900
vdb-entry, signature
- blog.mozilla.com /security/2008/06/18/new-security-issue-under-investigation/
- zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-08-044/
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secunia.com
/advisories/31121
third-party-advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=440230
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2009/0977
vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/29802
vdb-entry
- wiki.rpath.com /wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/494860/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
- dvlabs.tippingpoint.com /blog/2008/06/18/vulnerability-in-mozilla-firefox-30
- secunia.com /advisories/31144
- secunia.com /advisories/33433
- secunia.com /advisories/34501
- securityfocus.com /archive/1/494504/100/0/threaded
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-2785
- NVD CVE-2008-2785
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