firefox: heap corruption during Iframe operations between a JSframe write and a JSframe close
Published May 23, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.63%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering an error condition during certain Iframe operations between a JSframe write and a JSframe close, as demonstrated by an error in loading an empty Java applet defined by a 'src="javascript:"' sequence.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.63% (0.06634) | 93.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.63% (0.06634) | 92.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 11.68% (0.11677) | 93.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.59% (0.04590) | 88.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.88% (0.05879) | 83.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.59% (0.04590) | 88.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.50% (0.01496) | 87.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.50% (0.01496) | 86.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.50% (0.01496) | 84.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.01% (0.06006) | 90.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.01% (0.06006) | 89.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.01% (0.06006) | 77.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=576 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29318 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2419 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448364 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42589 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2419
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2419
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.0x000000.com/?i=576 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29318 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2419 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448364 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42589 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2419 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2419 |
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