The content layout component in Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted but well-formed web page that contains "a simple set of legitimate HTML tags."
Published Aug 4, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.63%
Description
The content layout component in Mozilla Firefox 3.0 and 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted but well-formed web page that contains "a simple set of legitimate HTML tags."
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw is not exploitable beyond causing the web browser to crash.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.63% (0.01630) | 75.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.63% (0.01630) | 73.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00765) | 71.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 83.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 82.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.94% (0.00943) | 80.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/07/30/low-risk-denial-of-service-in-firefox/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.radware.com/newsevents/pressrelease.aspx?id=6459 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30486 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3444 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448564 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44169 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3444
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3444
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2008/07/30/low-risk-denial-of-service-in-firefox/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.radware.com/newsevents/pressrelease.aspx?id=6459 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30486 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3444 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448564 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44169 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3444 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3444 |
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