MEDIUM
Mozilla low surrogates stripped from JavaScript before execution
Published Sep 24, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.76%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el2
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0882
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.24.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0882
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.10-0.10.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0882
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.9-26.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0882
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-16.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0908
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0908
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el2 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.24.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.10-0.10.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-26.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0882 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-16.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0908 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0908 |
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.
1.76% 0.01761
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01761
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 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 77.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 75.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 17, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01202) | 78.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 9, 2025 | 5.35% (0.05349) | 89.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.94% (0.06941) | 90.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 11.49% (0.11493) | 89.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.94% (0.06941) | 90.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 19, 2025 | 85.79% (0.85794) | 98.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 87.50% (0.87501) | 98.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 94.52% (0.94515) | 99.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | 95.28% (0.95277) | 99.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 28, 2024 | 95.86% (0.95864) | 99.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 95.60% (0.95605) | 99.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.99% (0.95992) | 99.07th | 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) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (48)
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- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~ x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463243 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45358 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4066
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8880 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4066
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAVendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 24, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 12, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4066
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a