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Vulnerability details: VCID-f5tf-hr4a-tqad
Vulnerability ID VCID-f5tf-hr4a-tqad
Aliases CVE-2008-5512
Summary Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, NSS, GNU IceCat, and XULRunner, some of which may allow execution of arbitrary code or local privilege escalation.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
epss 0.04686 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
cvssv2 6.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5512
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-68
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-5512.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5512
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=451680
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=464174
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
http://secunia.com/advisories/33232
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47416
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9814
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-68.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021418
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
476287 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476287
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-5512 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5512
CVE-2008-5512 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5512
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2008-68 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-68
RHSA-2008:1036 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1036
RHSA-2008:1037 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1037
RHSA-2009:0002 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0002
USN-690-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
USN-690-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-2/
USN-690-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/
USN-701-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/701-1/
USN-701-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/701-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5512
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89302
EPSS Score 0.04686
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:29.270316+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01 38.0.0