CVE-2008-0415

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to execute script outside of the sandbox and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via multiple vectors including the XMLDocument.load function, aka "JavaScript privilege escalation bugs."

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.11
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.7
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.11

References

http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28754
http://secunia.com/advisories/28758
http://secunia.com/advisories/28766
http://secunia.com/advisories/28808
http://secunia.com/advisories/28815
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818
http://secunia.com/advisories/28839
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877

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