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Vulnerability details: VCID-x8d4-n1mm-qfcf
Vulnerability ID VCID-x8d4-n1mm-qfcf
Aliases CVE-2008-0017
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-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
epss 0.14498 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0017
generic_textual critical https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-54
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-2008-0017.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0017
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443299
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/33433
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11005
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.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
http://www.iss.net/threats/311.html
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/mfsa2008-54.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?1021185
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
470892 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470892
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2008-0017 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0017
CVE-2008-0017 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0017
GLSA-201301-01 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
mfsa2008-54 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-54
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0017
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 0.94411
EPSS Score 0.14498
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:05:04.995236+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01 38.0.0