CVE-2008-5504

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via vectors related to the feed preview, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3836.

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)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-62.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021422

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