{"cve":"CVE-2008-0017","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-13T11:30:01.173","modified":"2026-06-16T22:48:46.473","status":"Modified","description":"The http-index-format MIME type parser (nsDirIndexParser) in Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 does not check for an allocation failure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP index response with a crafted 200 header, which triggers memory corruption and a buffer overflow.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/32684","http://secunia.com/advisories/32693","http://secunia.com/advisories/32694","http://secunia.com/advisories/32695"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","mozilla:firefox","mozilla:seamonkey"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0017","score":0.07677,"percentile":0.94591,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}