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CVE-2007-5338

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5338 describes a critical vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript with user privileges by manipulating XPCNativeWrappers through the Script object, triggering execution during chrome actions. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0315 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.5.el3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.7.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-6.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.6.el2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-6.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-5.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-0.5.el4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5338Critical

security flaw

Oct 18, 2007

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
secunia.com / advisories/27276
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27298
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27311
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27315
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27325
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27327
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27335
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27336
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27356
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27360
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27383
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27387
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27403
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27414
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27425
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27480
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27665
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27680
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28398
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/37288
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1858
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10965
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 535-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00498.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00285.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00355.html
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1392
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1396
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1401
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-14.xml
mandriva.com / en/security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-35.html
Patch
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_57_mozilla.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0979.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0980.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0981.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/482876/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/482925/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/482932/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26132
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-536-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3544
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3587
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083
Vendor Advisory