CVE-2008-5019

N/A Unknown
Published: November 13, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The session restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 and 2.x before 2.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to violate the same origin policy to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021184
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=459906%2C460983
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

50 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
12.8%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

canonical mozilla debian

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