CVE-2008-2808

Published: Jul 7, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.

Affected (35)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird

3 products

Configuration A

35 vulnerable · 29 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.11
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.12
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.13
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.14
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.2
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0.0.3
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0 beta_1
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0 rc2
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0 rc3
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_.10
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_.1
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_.4
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_.5
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_.6
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_.9
Mozilla Firefox	Version 2.0_8
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.1
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.2
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.3
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.4
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.5
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.6
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.7
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.8
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1.9
Mozilla Seamonkey	Version 1.1 beta
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.12
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.13
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.14
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.4
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.5
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.6
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_.9
Mozilla Thunderbird	Version 2.0_8

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Redhat Advanced Workstation For The Itanium Processor	Version 2.1
Redhat Desktop	Version 3.0
Redhat Desktop	Version 4.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 5_server
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version as_2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version as_3
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version as_4
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version es_2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version es_3
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version es_4
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version ws_2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version ws_3
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version ws_4
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop	Version 5_client
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation	Version 5_client
Redhat Fedora	Version 8
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.04
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.10
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.10

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper 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.

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