CVE-2008-1240: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-1240 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 28-03-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.22% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
1 vendor · 2 products
References
26 linksShow all 26 references
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-18.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-087A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0128X Refsource CONFIRM