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CVE-2008-3836

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-09-24	mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-3836 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-3836
Phase	Assigned(20080827)

Description

feedWriter in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 allows remote attackers to execute scripts with chrome privileges via vectors related to feed preview and the (1) elem.doCommand, (2) elem.dispatchEvent, (3) _setTitleText, (4) _setTitleImage, and (5) _initSubscriptionUI functions.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-39.html
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360529
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430658
CONFIRM	http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
DEBIAN	DSA-1669
DEBIAN	DSA-1697
DEBIAN	DSA-1649
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:205
SLACKWARE	SSA:2008-269-01
SUNALERT	256408
SUSE	SUSE-SA:2008:050
UBUNTU	USN-645-1
UBUNTU	USN-645-2
BID	31346
SECUNIA	34501
SECUNIA	32185
SECUNIA	32196
VUPEN	ADV-2008-2661
SECTRACK	1020914
SECUNIA	32042
SECUNIA	32144
SECUNIA	32845
SECUNIA	31984
SECUNIA	32012
SECUNIA	33433
VUPEN	ADV-2009-0977
XF	firefox-feedwriter-code-execution(45350)