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Vulnerability details: VCID-tgpx-pn6s-f3b7
Vulnerability ID VCID-tgpx-pn6s-f3b7
Aliases CVE-2008-5023
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-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
epss 0.1839 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5023
generic_textual high https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-57
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00004.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-5023.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-5023
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424733
http://secunia.com/advisories/32684
http://secunia.com/advisories/32693
http://secunia.com/advisories/32694
http://secunia.com/advisories/32695
http://secunia.com/advisories/32713
http://secunia.com/advisories/32714
http://secunia.com/advisories/32721
http://secunia.com/advisories/32778
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
http://secunia.com/advisories/32853
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9908
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00366.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00385.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-667-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1671
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:228
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:230
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-57.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0977.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0978.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32281
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021189
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-319A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3146
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
470898 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470898
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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2008-5023 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5023
CVE-2008-5023 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5023
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2008-57 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-57
RHSA-2008:0977 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0977
RHSA-2008:0978 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0978
USN-667-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/667-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5023
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 0.95193
EPSS Score 0.1839
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:21.339254+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01 38.0.0