Mozilla (Suite) before 1.7.1, Firefox before 0.9.2, and Thunderbird before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to launch arbitrary programs via a…

Description

Mozilla (Suite) before 1.7.1, Firefox before 0.9.2, and Thunderbird before 0.7.2 allow remote attackers to launch arbitrary programs via a URI referencing the shell: protocol.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• VU#927014 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• O-175 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/shell.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 12027 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20040707 shell:windows command question (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 20040708 Mozilla Security Advisory 2004-07-08 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• mozilla-shell-program-execution(16655) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2004-0648](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2004-0648.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2004-0648)

Record last updated 8 Aug 2024, 00:24 UTC.