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CVE-2008-4059

Published: Sep 24, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4059
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla**
FirefoxMozilla*2.0.0.17 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.8 (including)0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.9 (including)0.9 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.9-rc (including)0.9-rc (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.9.1 (including)0.9.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.9.2 (including)0.9.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.9.3 (including)0.9.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.9_rc (including)0.9_rc (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.10 (including)0.10 (including)
FirefoxMozilla0.10.1 (including)0.10.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.0.8 (including)1.0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5-beta1 (including)1.5-beta1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5-beta2 (including)1.5-beta2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.1 (including)1.5.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.2 (including)1.5.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.3 (including)1.5.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.4 (including)1.5.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.5 (including)1.5.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.6 (including)1.5.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.7 (including)1.5.0.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.8 (including)1.5.0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.9 (including)1.5.0.9 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.10 (including)1.5.0.10 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.11 (including)1.5.0.11 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.12 (including)1.5.0.12 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.1 (including)1.5.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.2 (including)1.5.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.3 (including)1.5.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.4 (including)1.5.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.5 (including)1.5.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.6 (including)1.5.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.7 (including)1.5.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.8 (including)1.5.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.8 (including)1.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0-beta1 (including)2.0-beta1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0-rc2 (including)2.0-rc2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0-rc3 (including)2.0-rc3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.1 (including)2.0.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.2 (including)2.0.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.3 (including)2.0.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.4 (including)2.0.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.5 (including)2.0.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.6 (including)2.0.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.7 (including)2.0.0.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.8 (including)2.0.0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.9 (including)2.0.0.9 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.10 (including)2.0.0.10 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.11 (including)2.0.0.11 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.12 (including)2.0.0.12 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.13 (including)2.0.0.13 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.14 (including)2.0.0.14 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.15 (including)2.0.0.15 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.16 (including)2.0.0.16 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.24.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatdevhelp-0:0.10-0.10.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.9-26.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-16.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5*
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntufeisty*
FirefoxUbuntugutsy*
FirefoxUbuntuhardy*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntumaverick*
FirefoxUbuntunatty*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntugutsy*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntuhardy*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntuintrepid*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntujaunty*
Firefox-3.0Ubuntuupstream*
IceapeUbuntugutsy*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntudapper*
Mozilla-thunderbirdUbuntufeisty*
SeamonkeyUbuntudevel*
SeamonkeyUbuntuhardy*
SeamonkeyUbuntuintrepid*
SeamonkeyUbuntujaunty*
SeamonkeyUbuntukarmic*
SeamonkeyUbuntulucid*
SeamonkeyUbuntumaverick*
SeamonkeyUbuntunatty*
SeamonkeyUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntugutsy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuhardy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuintrepid*
ThunderbirdUbuntujaunty*
ThunderbirdUbuntukarmic*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntumaverick*
ThunderbirdUbuntunatty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
XulrunnerUbuntufeisty*
XulrunnerUbuntugutsy*
XulrunnerUbuntuhardy*
XulrunnerUbuntuintrepid*
XulrunnerUbuntujaunty*
XulrunnerUbuntukarmic*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntugutsy*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuhardy*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuintrepid*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntujaunty*
Xulrunner-1.9Ubuntuupstream*

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