CVE-2008-4066
CVSS V2 Medium 4.3
CVSS V3 None
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�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2008-4066
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2008-09-24T20:37:04
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-09-29T01:31:58
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 4.3
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 2.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4066 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4066 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:23:31 | Added to TrackCVE |