Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly implement JAR signing, which allows remote attackers to…

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly implement JAR signing, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) injection of JavaScript into documents within a JAR archive or (2) a JAR archive that uses relative URLs to JavaScript files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-287 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-287

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (46)

• SUSE-SA:2008:034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0549 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 31021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418996 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30898 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424188 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11810 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 30949 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSA:2008-191-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31008 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0616 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1993 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30038 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• DSA-1607 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• GLSA-200808-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 31005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-6127 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1020419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30903 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-6193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• SSA:2008-191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• DSA-1615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424426 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31195 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31076 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-619-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 30911 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 30878 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-23.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20080708 rPSA-2008-0216-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-6196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 34501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 09:14 UTC.