CVE-2008-4058 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

CWE-2649 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.5%
top 12.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 2

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox3.0 — 3.0.2+1
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 1.1.12
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 2.0.0.17

Also affects: Debian Linux 4.0, Ubuntu Linux 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r5wp-hj94-74j8: The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2008-4058: The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2↗2008-09-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2008-09-26
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Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner regression↗2008-09-25
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2008-09-24
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Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities↗2008-09-24
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Red Hat
Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution↗2008-09-23
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4058 Mozilla privilege escalation via XPCnativeWrapper pollution↗2008-09-22
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CVE-2008-4058 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase