CVE-2008-1234

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via event handlers, aka "Universal XSS using event handlers."

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.25% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490196/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29541 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29539 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-14.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0999/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29560 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41455 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1532 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-592-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29616 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019694 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29550 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29645 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-605-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29607 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-239546-1 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1574 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29558 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29548 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30370 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0208.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29526 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2091/references vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/29391 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30192 third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466521 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.447313 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0209.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28448 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0207.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9551 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/30016 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1534 vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00058.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29547 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30105 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30094 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128
http://secunia.com/advisories/31043 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00074.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0998/references vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1535 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:080 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1234?
CVE-2008-1234 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1234?
To fix CVE-2008-1234, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1234 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1234 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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