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CVE-2008-5024 json

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 prop…

published 2008-11-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5003

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 2.0.0.18, 3.0.4
  • mozilla seamonkey 1.1.13
  • mozilla thunderbird 2.0.0.18
  • firefox RHEL 4 3.0.4-1.el4
  • firefox RHEL 5 3.0.4-1.el5
  • nss RHEL 4 3.12.1.1-3.el4
  • nss RHEL 5 3.12.1.1-3.el5
  • yelp RHEL 5 2.16.0-22.el5
  • devhelp RHEL 5 0.12-20.el5
  • nss-tools RHEL 5 3.12.1.1-3.el5
  • xulrunner RHEL 5 1.9.0.4-1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0978RHSA-2008:0977RHSA-2008:0976

  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1

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-2008-5024 updated

Mozilla parsing error in E4X default namespace

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.25.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0977
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.12.1.1-3.el5, yelp 2.16.0-22.el5, devhelp 0.12-20.el5, firefox 3.0.4-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.4-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.1.1-3.el5, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0978
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.21.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.25.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 nss 3.12.1.1-3.el4, firefox 3.0.4-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-28.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-17.el4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0977
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.1.1-3.el5, yelp 2.16.0-22.el5, devhelp 0.12-20.el5, firefox 3.0.4-1.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.4-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.1.1-3.el5, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0978
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 nss 3.12.1.1-3.el4, firefox 3.0.4-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-28.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-17.el4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0977
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.12.1.1-3.el5, devhelp 0.12-20.el5, xulrunner 1.9.0.4-1.el5, nss-tools 3.12.1.1-3.el5, xulrunner-devel-unstable 1.9.0.4-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0978
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.21.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.25.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 nss 3.12.1.1-3.el4, firefox 3.0.4-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-28.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-17.el4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0977
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 2.0.0.18-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0976
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.21.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.25.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 nss 3.12.1.1-3.el4, firefox 3.0.4-1.el4, seamonkey 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-28.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.12-17.el4, +2 more Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.9-0.21.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0977

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Exploit prediction

3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453915 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

References

Sources

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