CVE-2008-5512

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allow remote attackers to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors in which "page content can pollute XPCNativeWrappers."

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.85% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680 issue tracking vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9814 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47416 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5512?
CVE-2008-5512 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5512?
To fix CVE-2008-5512, 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-2008-5512 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5512 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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