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CVE-2008-2807
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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- redhat
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8 encoding in a French .properties file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (55)
- 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
- firefox-propertiesfile-info-disclosure(50656) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30898 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31403 (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
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9432 (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
- MDVSA-2008:155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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
- 31253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-6737 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397093 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-629-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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
- SSA:2008-210-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- DSA-1615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-6706 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 31220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31195 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-29.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- DSA-1621 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20080708 rPSA-2008-0216-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 31286 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
Record last updated .