CVE-2008-4066 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) bypass vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.17. Remote attackers could exploit this by using HTML-escaped low surrogate characters, which the browser's HTML parser would ignore, effectively circumventing XSS protection. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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