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CVE-2008-5019

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5019 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions 3.x prior to 3.0.4 and 2.x prior to 2.0.0.18, specifically within its session restore feature. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass the same-origin policy and execute arbitrary JavaScript with elevated chrome privileges. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to information disclosure or integrity compromise, though it does not impact availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.0, < 3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: yelp-0:2.16.0-22.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.21.el2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.25.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-28.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.4-1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: nss-0:3.12.1.1-3.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.12-20.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0.4-1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nss-0:3.12.1.1-3.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9.0.4-1.el5
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5019Moderate

Mozilla XSS via session restore

Nov 12, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / buglist.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/32684
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32693
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32694
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32695
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32713
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32721
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32778
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34501
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10943
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-667-1
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-53.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32281
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3146
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0977
Third Party Advisory