MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Feb 27, 2007
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.12%
Description
The child frames in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 inherit the default charset from the parent window, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.0.3
- 1.5.0.4
- 1.5.0.5
- 1.5.0.6
- 1.5.0.7
- 1.5.0.8
- 1.5.0.9
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.1
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.10-0.7.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.5.0.10-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.10-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0078
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
devhelp-0:0.12-10.0.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0097
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:1.5.0.10-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0097
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.10-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0108
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
yelp-0:2.16.0-14.0.1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0097
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.10-0.7.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.5.0.10-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0079 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.10-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0078 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | devhelp-0:0.12-10.0.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0097 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:1.5.0.10-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0097 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.10-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0108 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | yelp-0:2.16.0-14.0.1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0097 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.12% 0.02124
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02124
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.12% (0.02124) | 81.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.06% (0.02058) | 78.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.22% (0.03221) | 85.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 9.22% (0.09221) | 87.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.40% (0.02397) | 83.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.75% (0.03747) | 91.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 10.46% (0.10456) | 95.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 14.08% (0.14079) | 95.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2024 | 11.53% (0.11527) | 95.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 10.99% (0.10990) | 94.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.56% (0.04560) | 91.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 2.90% (0.02901) | 89.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 2.36% (0.02358) | 88.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01957) | 87.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 1.70% (0.01696) | 86.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01604) | 85.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.31% (0.01315) | 83.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (45)
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- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/24320 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24328 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24333 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24343 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24384 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24455 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24457 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24650 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25588 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0996 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618288 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0996
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10086 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0996
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 27, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 16, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0996
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a