CVE-2007-0996 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 1.5.0.10 and 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious scripts due to child frames inheriting the default charset from the parent window, specifically demonstrated with UTF-7. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or readily available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, placing it in the top 1% for community attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.