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    CVE-2008-5511

    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."

    Published:Dec 16, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 17, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.01017
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High