VulnerabilityModified
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 remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.56%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.56% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30903
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30911Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30949
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31008
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31069
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31076
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31195
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31286
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31403
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.