Mozilla arbitrary code execution
Published Feb 12, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.62%
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain character encodings, including (1) a backspace character that is treated as whitespace, (2) 0x80 with Shift_JIS encoding, and (3) "zero-length non-ASCII sequences" in certain Asian character sets.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.10.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0103
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-9.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0104
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:1.5.0.12-9.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0103
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0104 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0104 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.10.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0103 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-9.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0104 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:1.5.0.12-9.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0103 |
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01620) | 75.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.62% (0.01620) | 72.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 8.73% (0.08734) | 92.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.63% (0.06627) | 90.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 12.45% (0.12452) | 89.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.78% (0.05778) | 89.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 23, 2025 | 11.25% (0.11252) | 95.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.02% (0.10019) | 94.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | 2.72% (0.02722) | 90.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 16, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00916) | 83.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00883) | 82.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00958) | 82.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.82% (0.00819) | 79.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 68.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 87.85th | 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) |
References (30)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431740 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40488 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/576-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0416
Change history (0)
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