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CVE-2008-5024
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 do not properly escape quote characters used for XML processing, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML injection attacks via the default namespace in an E4X document.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
38
- ADV-2008-3146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32281 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32713 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 32695 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0978 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32778 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0976 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA08-319A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 32853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1021192 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9063 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32715 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32693 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 33434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-667-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34501 (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-2008-5003 (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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