MEDIUM
Firefox file location escaping flaw
Published Jul 7, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.35%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
OR
- 2.1
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 5_server
- as_2.1
- as_3
- as_4
- es_2.1
- es_3
- es_4
- ws_2.1
- ws_3
- ws_4
- 5_client
- 5_client
- 8
- 6.06
- 6.06
- 6.06
- 6.06
- 7.04
- 7.04
- 7.04
- 7.04
- 7.10
- 7.10
- 7.10
- 7.10
- 7.10
OR
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0
- 2.0.0.2
- 2.0.0.3
- 2.0.0.11
- 2.0.0.12
- 2.0.0.13
- 2.0.0.14
- 2.0_.1
- 2.0_.4
- 2.0_.5
- 2.0_.6
- 2.0_.9
- 2.0_.10
- 2.0_8
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 2.0_.4
- 2.0_.5
- 2.0_.6
- 2.0_.9
- 2.0_.12
- 2.0_.13
- 2.0_.14
- 2.0_8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.17.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.19.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0549
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-16.3.el4_6
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0547
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-14.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0616
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0569
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:3.0-2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0569
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.16-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0616
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xulrunner-0:1.9-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0569
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
yelp-0:2.16.0-19.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0569
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.17.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.19.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0549 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-16.3.el4_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0547 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-14.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0616 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0569 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:3.0-2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0569 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.16-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0616 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xulrunner-0:1.9-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0569 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | yelp-0:2.16.0-19.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0569 |
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.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.35% 0.01349
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01349
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01349) | 70.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01349) | 67.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02079) | 82.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.61% (0.04609) | 81.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.08% (0.02079) | 82.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00680) | 80.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2024 | 0.96% (0.00957) | 82.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.36% (0.01362) | 84.12th | 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 (1)
References (48)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30878 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31005 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31008 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31023 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/33433 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34501 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-30.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2808 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=411433 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452710 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2808
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2808
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 7, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 20, 2008
Link CVE-2008-2808
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a