CVE-2003-0791 describes a critical deserialization vulnerability in Mozilla 1.4 and earlier, affecting products such as Mozilla, Mozilla OpenServer, SCO Mozilla, and SCO OpenServer. Attackers can exploit the Script.prototype.freeze/thaw functionality by manipulating the input string to the script.thaw JavaScript function, leading to the execution of arbitrary native methods. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.