Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple…

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (38)

• http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0597 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 31270 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 31145 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020500 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 31377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200808-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 20080729 rPSA-2008-0238-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• USN-626-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0598 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 31157 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1614 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 31183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31106 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#130923 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31261 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-623-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11618 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• SSA:2008-198-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
• DSA-1615 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 31176 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441120 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31129 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30242 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• USN-626-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:148 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 31306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• firefox-commandline-uri-security-bypass(43832) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 34501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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, 09:21 UTC.