CVE-2008-4065
Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.17/3.x < 3.0.2, Thunderbird < 2.0.0.17, SeaMonkey < 1.1.12 - XSS via BOM Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
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."
References (51)
Core 51
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32025
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32011
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_slackware
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020920
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32096
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11383
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32144
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32010
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31985
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31984
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32185
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32196
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32042
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_slackware
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32095
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32089
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32092
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31987
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45356
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430740
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32007
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32845
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32012
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_slackware
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32044
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32082
Scores
EPSS
0.0411
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux
7.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
7.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
8.04
debian/debian_linux
4.0
mozilla/firefox
< 2.0.0.17
mozilla/seamonkey
< 1.1.12
mozilla/thunderbird
< 2.0.0.17
Published
Sep 24, 2008
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026