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CVE-2008-4062

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 4.99%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-09-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0. It affects Firefox, Java. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-4062
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
10
EPSS
4.99%
Firefox Java

Original NVD Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the JavaScript engine and (1) misinterpretation of the characteristics of Namespace and QName in jsxml.c, (2) misuse of signed integers in the nsEscapeCount function in nsEscape.cpp, and (3) interaction of JavaScript garbage collection with certain use of an NPObject in the nsNPObjWrapper::GetNewOrUsed function in nsJSNPRuntime.cpp.