HIGH
mozilla: Privilege escalation using feed preview page and XSS flaw
Published Sep 24, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.53%
Description
feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.0.0.16
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9_rc
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 1.5.0.10
- 1.5.0.11
- 1.5.0.12
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.8
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.53% 0.02531
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02531
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02531) | 84.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.53% (0.02531) | 82.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.76% (0.02755) | 84.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.98% (0.07981) | 86.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.09% (0.02092) | 82.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 4.14% (0.04139) | 92.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.86% (0.02865) | 91.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.65% (0.02654) | 88.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 87.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (31)
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-39.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020914 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3836 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360529 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430658 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463188 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45350 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3836
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3836
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 24, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 27, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3836
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a