high7.5
CVE-2008-5024
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 ch…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | from 2.0 before 2.0.0.18 from 3.0 before 3.0.4 |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | from 1.0 before 1.1.13 |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | from 2.0 before 2.0.0.18 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 4.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32715
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235