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CVE-2008-2807: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 07-07-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2807 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8
DSA-1607-1DSA-1615-1DSA-1621-1DSA-1697-1RHSA-2008:0547RHSA-2008:0549

Timeline

  1. 07-07-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8 encoding in a French .properties file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.56% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.56%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mozilla2 products
  • firefox≤ 2.0.0.14 | 2.0 | 2.0.0.1 | 2.0.0.2 | 2.0.0.3 | 2.0.0.4 | 2.0.0.5 | 2.0.0.6 | 2.0.0.7 | 2.0.0.8 | 2.0.0.9 | 2.0.0.10 | 2.0.0.11 | 2.0.0.12 | 2.0.0.13
  • seamonkey≤ 1.1.9 | 1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8

1 vendor · 2 products

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