Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote…

Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 allows remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy by causing the browser to issue an XMLHttpRequest to an attacker-controlled resource that uses a 302 redirect to a resource in a different domain, then reading content from the response, aka "response disclosure."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (42)

• 32882 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 33408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458248 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1021427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• USN-690-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 33205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-64.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 33421 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:1036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-690-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-701-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 33231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• mozilla-xmlhttprequest-302-info-disclosure(47412) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:245 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• USN-690-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 33203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1707 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 33216 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:1037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-1704 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 33204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-701-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 33184 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 258748 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 33415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33523 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 35080 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33189 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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, 10:56 UTC.