--- title: "CVE-2008-5501\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5501?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-5501 Publication date 17 December 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The layout engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors that trigger an assertion failure. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox-3.0 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | iceape | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | mozilla-thunderbird | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not in release | | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.0.13+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614i-0ubuntu0.6.06.1 | | seamonkey | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.8+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | thunderbird | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 | | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.0.0.19+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10.1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xulrunner-1.9 | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu1 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.10.1 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.9.0.5+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5501) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5501) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5501) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5501) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-690-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-690-1) + Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities + 17 December 2008 ### Other references *