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CVE-2008-2934

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

8.8 High

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.59%Down 3.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

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.

Record
CVE-2008-2934
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-2934
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-2927 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-2927
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vq9v-44rg-m34m 8.8

Mozilla Firefox 3 before 3.0.1 on Mac OS X allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...

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.

Record
GHSA-vq9v-44rg-m34m
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-94, CWE-908
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-2934 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Apple Mac Os X, published July 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.59%, the 89th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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