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CVE-2008-3836 (GCVE-0-2008-3836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-24 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:53
VLAI
Summary
feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackw… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430658 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360529 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020914 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXON… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-09-23 00:00
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