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CVE-2007-0996

The child frames in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 inherit the default charset from…

Medium5.8EPSS 2.1%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

The child frames in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 inherit the default charset from the parent window, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2007-0996, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.

Weakness

  • n/a

Affected products

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    • affected n/a

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