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CVE-2008-6961

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6961 describes an information disclosure vulnerability affecting Mozilla Thunderbird before 2.0.0.18 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.13 when JavaScript is enabled in mail. A remote attacker could exploit this by using JavaScript to read the .documentURI or .textContent DOM properties, potentially revealing sensitive recipient information or comments in forwarded emails. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:dev:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/32714
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32715
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46734
mozilla.org / security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-59.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/32363
securitytracker.com / id