NVD

CVE-2008-5511 Detail

Modified

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Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47417	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47417	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11881	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11881	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	NIST

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:54:13 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33232
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33415
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/33547
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
Added	Reference	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Added	Reference	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
Added	Reference	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
Added	Reference	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
Added	Reference	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47417
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11881
Added	Reference	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
Added	Reference	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 9:19:34 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document	Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1036 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5511 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476285 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 12:15:47 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an XBL binding to an "unloaded document."	CVE-2008-5511 Firefox XSS via XBL bindings to unloaded document
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1036 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5511 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476285 [No Types Assigned]

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/08/2018 3:12:43 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 3345 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.8::::::: *cpe:2.3:a	OR 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:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::* versions from (including) 1.0 up to (excluding) 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.19
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33184 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33188 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33189 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33203 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33204 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33205 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33216 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33231 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33232 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33408 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33415 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33421 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33434 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33523 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/33547 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35080 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 No Types Assigned	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html No Types Assigned	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47417 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47417 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11881 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11881 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ No Types Assigned	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/ Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ No Types Assigned	https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/ Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5511
NVD Published Date:
12/17/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2008-5511 Detail

Description

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:54:13 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:59:24 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 9:19:34 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 12:15:47 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 11/08/2018 3:12:43 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/03/2018 5:57:10 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:32:39 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/07/2017 9:33:21 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 12/18/2008 2:44:00 PM

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