CVE-2008-4065

Published: Sep 24, 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 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 allow remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via byte order mark (BOM) characters that are removed from JavaScript code before execution, aka "Stripped BOM characters bug."

Affected (9)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey, Thunderbird · Debian: Debian Linux · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux

3 products

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Before 2.0.0.17
Mozilla Firefox	From 3.0 to 3.0.2
Mozilla Seamonkey	Before 1.1.12
Mozilla Thunderbird	Before 2.0.0.17

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 4.0

Configuration C

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 6.06
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 7.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 8.04

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.

References (102)

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31984

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31985

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/31987

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32007

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32010

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32011

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32012

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32025

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32042

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32044

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32082

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32089

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32092

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32095

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32096

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32144

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32185

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32196

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32845

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33433

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33434

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/34501

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0879.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31346

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-645-2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430740

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45356

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11383

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01335.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01403.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

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