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TI-2008-04776 Aliases CVE-2008-5023GHSA-w4jm-xq46-3m5g

Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13…

Priority LOW 39CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4, Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.18, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.13 allows remote attackers to bypass the protection mechanism for codebase principals and execute arbitrary script via the -moz-binding CSS property in a signed JAR file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03261 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

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 · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 to before 2.0.0.18; 3.0 to before 3.0.4VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 to before 1.1.13VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*6.06VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*8.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 to before 2.0.0.18; 3.0 to before 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 to before 1.1.13 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 6.06 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 8.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2008:0978 Released 2008-11-13 · Red Hat rating Critical
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) devhelp-0.12-20.el5, devhelp-0.12-20.el5.i386, devhelp-0.12-20.el5.ia64 +41
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox-3.0.4-1.el4, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.i386, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.ia64 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) devhelp-0.12-20.el5, devhelp-0.12-20.el5.i386, firefox-3.0.4-1.el5 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) devhelp-0.12-20.el5, devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5, devhelp-devel-0.12-20.el5.i386 +10
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox-3.0.4-1.el4, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.i386, nss-3.12.1.1-3.el4 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox-3.0.4-1.el4, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.i386, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.ia64 +6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox-3.0.4-1.el4, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.i386, firefox-3.0.4-1.el4.ia64 +6
  • RHSA-2008:0977 Released 2008-11-13 · Red Hat rating Critical
    seamonkey security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.25.el3 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.ia64 +37
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.ia64 +21
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-28.el4 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.21.el2.i386 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.ia64 +27
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.ia64 +15
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.21.el2.i386 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.25.el3.ia64 +27
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-28.el4.ia64 +15
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.21.el2.ia64, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.21.el2.ia64 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0977, RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0977, RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0977, RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2008:0977
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2008:0977, RHSA-2008:0978
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2008:0977

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-5023
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w4jm-xq46-3m5g

References

Advisory 17

Sources

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