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CVE-2008-5023
Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to bypass the protection…
High7.5EPSS 3.3%
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- redhat
Description
Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to bypass the protection mechanism for codebase principals and execute arbitrary script via the -moz-binding CSS property in a signed JAR file.
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)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 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.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (30)
- ADV-2008-3146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-57.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1021189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424733 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32853 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32693 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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
- 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
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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)
- 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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