Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-3837
CVE-2008-3837
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12, allow user-assisted remote attackers to move a window during a mouse click, and possibly force a file download or unspecified other drag-and-drop action, via a crafted onmousedown action that calls window.moveBy, a variant of CVE-2003-0823.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.0.0.17
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.17
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.1.12
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.12
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
41- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- download.novell.com/DownloadnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31984nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31985nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31987nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32010nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32011nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32012nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32042nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32044nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32089nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32095nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32096nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32144nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32185nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32196nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32845nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33433nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34501nvdThird Party Advisory
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-40.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977nvdThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45348nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9950nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
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