CVE-2008-4065
Medium
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."
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
Product
Mozilla Firefox
PublishedSep 24, 2008
First seenSep 24, 2008
How to fix
Update
- mozilla firefox2.0.0.17, 3.0.2 or later
- mozilla seamonkey1.1.12 or later
- mozilla thunderbird2.0.0.17 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla firefox | v < 2.0.0.17, 3.0 ≤ v < 3.0.2 | 2.0.0.17, 3.0.2 |
| mozilla seamonkey | v < 1.1.12 | 1.1.12 |
| mozilla thunderbird | v < 2.0.0.17 | 2.0.0.17 |
| debian debian_linux | 4.0 | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04 | — |
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