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CVE-2008-0591

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0591 describes a "dialog refocus bug" in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to manipulate a delay timer in confirmation dialogs, tricking users into approving unsafe actions like remote file execution. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), it requires medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.0.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
3.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0385 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-0.9.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-0.10.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.9-9.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.12-9.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.12-8.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0591Moderate

Mozilla information disclosure flaw

Feb 7, 2008

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0026.html
browser.netscape.com / releasenotes
lcamtuf.coredump.cx / ffclick2
Exploit
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/28754
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28758
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28766
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28808
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28818
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28839
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28864
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28865
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28877
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28879
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28924
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28939
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28958
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29049
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29086
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29164
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29167
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29567
secunia.com / advisories/30327
secunia.com / advisories/30620
securityreason.com / securityalert/2781
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1995
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10900
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00905.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00946.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1484
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1485
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1489
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1506
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-08.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0105.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/470446/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24293
securityfocus.com / bid/27683
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-576-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0453/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0454/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0627/references
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1793/references