CVE-2008-4066: mozilla firefox Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified

Published 24-09-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4066 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk

28/100

0100

Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

4.3/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

1.76%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4

DSA-1649-1 DSA-1669-1 RHSA-2008:0882 RHSA-2008:0908

Timeline

24-09-2008
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.04.3

EPSS trend

Probability

1.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.76% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

1.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (thespanner.co.uk)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (blogs.technet.com)
Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

Affected systems

Mozilla1 product

firefox2.0.0.14 | 2.0.0.15 | 2.0.0.16

1 vendor · 1 product

References

44 links

www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-43.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/32025Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.405232Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8880VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.securitytracker.com/id?1020920VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2011/JVNDB-2011-000058.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource JVNDB
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01384.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.thespanner.co.uk/2008/06/30/javascript-protocol-fuzz-results/X Refsource MISCExploit
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:206Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA

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secunia.com/advisories/32144Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/32010Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346VDB EntryX Refsource BID
secunia.com/advisories/31985Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
secunia.com/advisories/31984Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/32185Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/32196Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=448166X Refsource CONFIRM
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45358VDB EntryX Refsource XF
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1669Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
secunia.com/advisories/32042Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2661VDB EntryX Refsource VUPENVendor Advisory
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.379422Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
secunia.com/advisories/32092Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:205Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~X Refsource CONFIRM
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN96950482/index.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource JVN
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-647-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
secunia.com/advisories/32007Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0882.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
secunia.com/advisories/32845Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
blogs.technet.com/bluehat/archive/2008/08/14/targeted-fuzzing.aspxX Refsource MISCExploit
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1649Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
secunia.com/advisories/32012Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.412123Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
secunia.com/advisories/32044Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0908.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
secunia.com/advisories/34501Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/32082Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory

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