Firefox 2 XSS attack vectors in feed preview
Published Dec 17, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.55%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors related to the feed preview, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3836.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.0.18
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.4
- 2.0.0.5
- 2.0.0.6
- 2.0.0.7
- 2.0.0.8
- 2.0.0.9
- 2.0.0.10
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0.0.15
- 2.0.0.16
- 2.0.0.17
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.25.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:1037
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.29.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:1037
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-32.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:1037
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.25.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:1037 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.29.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:1037 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-32.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:1037 |
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.55% (0.02553) | 84.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.55% (0.02553) | 82.96th | 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) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.70% (0.01705) | 88.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 1.70% (0.01705) | 87.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.70% (0.01705) | 85.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-62.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021422 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5504 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453526 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476273 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47410 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5504
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10781 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5504
Change history (0)
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