CVE-2008-4066

Firefox < 2.0.0.17 - Cross-Site Scripting via HTML-Escaped Low Surrogate Characters

Title source: llm

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&#56325ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."

References (44)

Core 44

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_slackware

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_slackware

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.html

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32025

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8880

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020920

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_jvndb

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000058.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1

Exploit x_refsource_misc

http://www.thespanner.co.uk/2008/06/30/javascript-protocol-fuzz-results/

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32144

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32010

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977

Vendor 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

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/31985

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html

Vendor 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

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448166

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45358

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32042

Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_slackware

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32092

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~

Vendor 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_jvn

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96950482/index.html

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32007

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.html

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

Exploit x_refsource_misc

http://blogs.technet.com/bluehat/archive/2008/08/14/targeted-fuzzing.aspx

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32012

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32044

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.html

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

Scores

EPSS 0.0176

EPSS Percentile 75.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (3)

mozilla/firefox 2.0.0.14

mozilla/firefox 2.0.0.15

mozilla/firefox 2.0.0.16

Published Sep 24, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026