CVE-2008-5503
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 1.5%EU EUVD
The loadBindingDocument function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 does not perform any security checks related to the same-domain policy, which allows remote attackers to read or access data from other domains via crafted XBL bindings.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 1.5% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5480)
- Published
- December 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5480 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
and 4 more…
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
- 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
- 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-2009:012
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-61.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?1021424
- 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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379959
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47409
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11423
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-3/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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