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CVE-2008-0415
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute script outside…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 17% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute script outside of the sandbox and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via multiple vectors including the XMLDocument.load function, aka "JavaScript privilege escalation bugs."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.2% · top 17% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- RHSA-2008:0104 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-582-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-576-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28939 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1506 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SSA:2008-061-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28818 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28865 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29049 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28877 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28879 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-582-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29567 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0105 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 28958 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 238492 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20080229 rPSA-2008-0093-1 thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20080212 FLEA-2008-0001-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080209 rPSA-2008-0051-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0454 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 239546 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 28864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=386695%2C393761%2C393762%2C399298%2C407289%2C372075%2C363597 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1485 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27683 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-03.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1459 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 29164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:062 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1484 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28808 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0627 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28754 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28758 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-1435 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 31043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0425 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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