CVE-2008-5015

NameCVE-2008-5015
DescriptionMozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.4 assigns chrome privileges to a file: URI when it is accessed in the same tab from a chrome or privileged about: page, which makes it easier for user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with chrome privileges via malicious code in a file that has already been saved on the local system.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
iceweaselsourceetch(not affected)
iceweaselsource(unstable)3.0.4-1
xulrunnersourceetch(not affected)
xulrunnersource(unstable)1.9.0.4-1

Notes

[etch] - iceweasel <not-affected> (Doesn't affect Firefox 2.x)
[etch] - xulrunner <not-affected> (Doesn't affect Firefox 2.x)

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