CVE-2008-4066
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/bluehat/archive/2008/08/14/targeted-fuzzing.aspxExploit
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96950482/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31984Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31985Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32007Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32010Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32012Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32025Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32042Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32044Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32082Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32092Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32144Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32845Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Vendor Advisory
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.