Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-0416

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain character encodings, including (1) a backspace character that is treated as whitespace, (2) 0x80 with Shift_JIS encoding, and (3) "zero-length non-ASCII sequences" in certain Asian character sets.

Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)

Published 2008-02-12 03:00:00

Updated 2023-02-13 02:18:41

Source Red Hat, Inc.

View at NVD, CVE.org

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0416

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.37%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 69 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2008-0416

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	8.6	2.9	[email protected]
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None

CWE ids for CVE-2008-0416

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.

Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)

References for CVE-2008-0416

Products affected by CVE-2008-0416

Mozilla » Firefox
Versions up to, including, (<=) 2.0.0.11
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Mozilla » Thunderbird
Versions up to, including, (<=) 2.0.0.11
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Mozilla » Seamonkey
Versions up to, including, (<=) 1.1.7
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions