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CVE-2008-4065
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via byte order mark (BOM) characters that are removed from JavaScript code before execution, aka "Stripped BOM characters bug."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 12 days later
· 12 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% 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 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32025 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2008-269-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- DSA-1697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1020920 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 32096 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8401 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-645-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32010 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-645-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 31346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31985 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 31984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32185 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8425 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1669 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32042 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2661 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2008-269-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 32095 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32089 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 256408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 32092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0879 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8429 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 31987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- firefox-bom-security-bypass(45356) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430740 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-647-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 32007 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0882 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 32845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1649 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 32012 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2008-270-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 32044 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0908 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 34501 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32082 (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-2008-4050 (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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