CVE-2008-3836

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.16; 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+44)

References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232

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