security flaw
Published Jul 17, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.96%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script into a chrome document via unspecified vectors, as demonstrated by injection into a XUL error page. NOTE: this can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code using CVE-2008-2933.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
devhelp-0:0.12-18.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0597
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0.1-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0597
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
nspluginwrapper-0:0.9.91.5-22.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0597
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9.0.1-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0597
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
yelp-0:2.16.0-20.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0597
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | devhelp-0:0.12-18.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0597 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0.1-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0597 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | nspluginwrapper-0:0.9.91.5-22.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0597 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9.0.1-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0597 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | yelp-0:2.16.0-20.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0597 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.96% (0.02962) | 86.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.96% (0.02962) | 85.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.49% (0.01485) | 79.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.47% (0.02472) | 90.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 17, 2024 | 2.47% (0.02472) | 90.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.49% (0.02490) | 88.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 91.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 90.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.52% (0.06523) | 78.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30244 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441169 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618332 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44199 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3198
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3198
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30244 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3198 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441169 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618332 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44199 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3198 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3198 |
Change history (0)
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