4.3

CVE-2008-5019: canonical ubuntu_linux Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
Published 13-11-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5019 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.07%
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 3 · Duplicates 1
DSA-1671-1RHSA-2008:0977RHSA-2008:0978CVE-2008-4317

Timeline

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

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.07% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.07%

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

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
Mozilla1 product
  • firefox≥ 2.0, < 2.0.0.18 | ≥ 3.0, < 3.0.4

3 vendors · 3 products

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