CVE-2008-4058: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The XPConnect component in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allows remote attackers to "pollute XPCNativeWrappers" and execute arbitrary code with chrome privileges via vectors related to (1) chrome XBL and (2) chrome JS.

Affected products

  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 6.06 only; version 7.04 only; version 7.10 only; version 8.04 only
  • Debian Debian Linux: version 4.0 only
  • Mozilla Firefox: before 2.0.0.17 (fixed in 2.0.0.17); from 3.0, before 3.0.2 (fixed in 3.0.2)
  • Mozilla Seamonkey: before 1.1.12 (fixed in 1.1.12)
  • Mozilla Thunderbird: before 2.0.0.17 (fixed in 2.0.0.17)

Published 2008-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.