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CVE-2007-3656
Mozilla Firefox before 1.8.0.13 and 1.8.1.x before 1.8.1.5 does not perform a security zone check when processing a wyciwyg URI, which…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 1.8.0.13 and 1.8.1.x before 1.8.1.5 does not perform a security zone check when processing a wyciwyg URI, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, poison the browser cache, and possibly enable further attack vectors via (1) HTTP 302 redirect controls, (2) XMLHttpRequest, or (3) view-source URIs.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
43
- USN-490-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 26107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-24.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffcache/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4256 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25589 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- HPSBUX02153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:152 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200708-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1018411 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1339 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 25990 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26151 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28135 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26216 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26103 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26072 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 103177 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- DSA-1337 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 26211 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26159 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-1338 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/07d098f99c9fe6956523beae37f32fda.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070709 Firefox wyciwyg:// cache zone bypass (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387333 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070724 FLEA-2007-0033-1: firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26258 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26460 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0724 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20070720 rPSA-2007-0148-1 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24831 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 26271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0722 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 201516 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- mozilla-wyciwyg-security-bypass(35298) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 26204 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26205 (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)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-3640 (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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