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CVE-2008-5024 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453915	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9063	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	CVE	Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021192	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453915	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32715	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32798	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9063	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:235	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-58.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0976.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021192	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-91	XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.18 >= 3.0, < 3.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla seamonkey	>= 1.0, < 1.1.13
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.18
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	4.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 7.10 8.04 8.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 2, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 13, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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