CVE-2008-4058

Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.17/3.x < 3.0.2, Thunderbird < 2.0.0.17, SeaMonkey < 1.1.12 - RCE via XPCNativeWrappers Pollution

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to (1) chrome XBL and (2) chrome JS.

References (52)

Core 52
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45349
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020915
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444075
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=444077
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

Scores

EPSS 0.0508
EPSS Percentile 91.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
debian/debian_linux 4.0
mozilla/firefox < 2.0.0.17
mozilla/seamonkey < 1.1.12
mozilla/thunderbird < 2.0.0.17
Published Sep 24, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026