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CVE-2008-1240
LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 20080327 rPSA-2008-0128-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 29541 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30620 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29560 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1532 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 30327 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 238492 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- USN-592-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 29616 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- mozilla-liveconnect-unauthorized-access(41458) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29558 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29526 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA08-087A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 28448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1535 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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-2008-1248 (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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