5.1

CVE-2008-5015: mozilla firefox Code Injection

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
Published 13-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5015 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) Code Injection vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2008:0978

Timeline

  1. 13-11-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 assigns chrome privileges to a file: URI when it is accessed in the same tab from a chrome or privileged about: page, which makes it easier for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via malicious code in a file that has already been saved on the local system.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≤ 3.0.3 | 3.0 | 3.0:alpha | 3.0:beta2 | 3.0:beta5 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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