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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2008-4059 json

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary cod…

published 2008-09-24 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4044

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to a SCRIPT element.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.12-16.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 2.0.0.17-1.el5
  • seamonkey RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.20.el2
  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.24.el3
  • seamonkey RHEL 4 1.0.9-26.el4
  • devhelp RHEL 4 0.10-0.10.el4
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 2.1 1.0.9-0.20.el2
  • seamonkey-nss RHEL 3 1.0.9-0.24.el3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0908RHSA-2008:0882

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-4059 updated

Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.24.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.24.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.10.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-26.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-16.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-26.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0882
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) thunderbird 2.0.0.17-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0908
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.10.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-26.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-16.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-26.el4, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.24.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.10.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-26.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-16.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-26.el4, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0882
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.17-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0908
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.24.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.24.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.10.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-26.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-26.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-16.el4, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-26.el4, +1 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.20.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.20.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0882

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Exploit prediction

5.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.