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Vulnerability details: VCID-q376-zeq4-m3ah
Vulnerability ID VCID-q376-zeq4-m3ah
Aliases CVE-2008-5507
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 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
System Score Found at
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
epss 0.00216 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
cvssv2 6.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5507
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-65
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-5507.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5507
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=461735
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-011.html
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/47413
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9376
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/mfsa2008-65.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/archive/1/499353/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021423
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
476280 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476280
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-2008-5507 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5507
CVE-2008-5507 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5507
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2008-65 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-65
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:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5507
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 0.44059
EPSS Score 0.00216
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:27.012497+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01 38.0.0