CVE-2008-5024

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

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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/32714
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715
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/32798
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
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.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party 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?1021192
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/show_bug.cgi?id=453915
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9063
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/32714
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715
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/32798
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
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.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party 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?1021192
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/show_bug.cgi?id=453915
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9063
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

76 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
7.2%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-91

Affected Vendors

canonical mozilla debian

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