Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5019
CVE-2008-5019
Description
The session restore feature in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 and 2.x before 2.0.0.18 allows remote attackers to violate the same origin policy to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via unknown vectors.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0,<2.0.0.18
- (no CPE)range: <3.0.4, <2.0.0.18
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:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
25- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32684nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32693nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32694nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32695nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32713nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32721nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32778nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34501nvdThird Party Advisory
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977nvdThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdBroken Link
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cginvd
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