CVE-2008-2808

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2808
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-07 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 beta_1 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0_8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0_8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Advanced Workstation For The Itanium Processor 2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5_server All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux as_2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux as_3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux as_4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux es_2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux es_3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux es_4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux ws_2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux ws_3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux ws_4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5_client All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5_client All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora 8 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All lts_amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All lts_i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All lts_powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All lts_sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All lpia All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All sparc All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

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