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CVE-2008-2808

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2808 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious HTML via crafted filenames in directory listings accessed through file:// URLs, potentially leading to XSS attacks or other unspecified impacts. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial impact to integrity, with no impact to confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 39th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.17.el2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.20.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-16.3.el4_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.19.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-14.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.12-17.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:3.0-2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:1.9-1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: yelp-0:2.16.0-19.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:2.0.0.16-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2808Moderate

Firefox file location escaping flaw

Jul 2, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/30878
secunia.com / advisories/30898
secunia.com / advisories/30903
secunia.com / advisories/30911
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30949
secunia.com / advisories/31005
secunia.com / advisories/31008
secunia.com / advisories/31021
secunia.com / advisories/31023
secunia.com / advisories/31069
secunia.com / advisories/31076
secunia.com / advisories/31183
secunia.com / advisories/31195
secunia.com / advisories/31377
secunia.com / advisories/33433
secunia.com / advisories/34501
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2646
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1607
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1615
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1697
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-30.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30038
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-619-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1993/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0977