CVE-2008-5503

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The loadBindingDocument function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not perform any security checks related to the same-domain policy, which allows remote attackers to read or access data from other domains via crafted XBL bindings.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 2.0.0.18; 2.0, 2.0.0.1, 2.0.0.2, 2.0.0.3, 2.0.0.4, 2.0.0.5 (+12)
Mozilla Seamonkey: through 1.1.13; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.5, 1.0.6 (+18)
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 2.0.0.18; 2.0.0.0, 2.0.0.4, 2.0.0.5, 2.0.0.6, 2.0.0.9, 2.0.0.12 (+3)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
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

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