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CVE-2008-4065
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to…
Medium4.3EPSS 4.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via byte order mark (BOM) characters that are removed from JavaScript code before execution, aka "Stripped BOM characters bug."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% 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 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (51)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2008-269-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1020920 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8401 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-645-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-645-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 31346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31985 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8425 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32042 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2008-269-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 32095 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0879 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 31987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- firefox-bom-security-bypass(45356) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430740 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-647-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32007 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 32845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1649 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2008-270-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 32044 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 34501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32082 (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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