Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer
Published Jul 18, 2008
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.59%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers a free of an uninitialized pointer.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 2, 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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03592) | 89.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03592) | 87.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.58% (0.05575) | 89.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.08% (0.03076) | 85.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 20, 2024 | 7.55% (0.07553) | 94.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.31% (0.10309) | 94.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.52% (0.07521) | 94.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 7.64% (0.07644) | 94.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 9, 2024 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 91.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.36% (0.05359) | 91.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31132 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31270 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020516 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTBroken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30266 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2125 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2934 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441360 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43850 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2934
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2934
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