CVE-2007-0996

Description

The child frames in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 inherit the default charset from the parent window, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, as demonstrated using the UTF-7 character set.

5.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.22% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10086	signature vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html	vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336	vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588	third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694	vdb entry
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017702	vdb entry
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333	third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/33812	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0996?: CVE-2007-0996 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0996?: To fix CVE-2007-0996, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0996 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0996 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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