CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5024
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-91
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.
Affected configurations
• mozilla firefox (>= 2.0 < 2.0.0.18)
• mozilla firefox (>= 3.0 < 3.0.4)
• mozilla seamonkey (>= 1.0 < 1.1.13)
• mozilla thunderbird (>= 2.0 < 2.0.0.18)
• debian debian linux 4.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 6.06
• canonical ubuntu linux 7.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 8.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-91 XML Injection weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021192 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453915 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9063 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32694 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32715 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32798 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32853 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021192 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453915 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9063 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html Third Party Advisory