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TI-2008-03060 Aliases CVE-2008-3198GHSA-jrjj-g3cm-58m8

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script…

Priority LOW 38CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02962 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2008:0597 Released 2008-07-16 · Red Hat rating Critical
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) devhelp-0.12-18.el5, devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386, devhelp-0.12-18.el5.ia64 +28
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) devhelp-0.12-18.el5, devhelp-0.12-18.el5.i386, firefox-3.0.1-1.el5 +7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) devhelp-0.12-18.el5, devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5, devhelp-devel-0.12-18.el5.i386 +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0597
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0597
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0597

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3198
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jrjj-g3cm-58m8

References

Other 2

  • TI-2024-08981 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-09832 Use after free in Mozilla Firefox KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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