CVE-2007-5414

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0, when UTF-7 document content is rendered directly in UTF-7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a gopher URI that uses single quote characters to delimit a literal string within an XSS sequence, a related issue to CVE-2007-5415.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Third-Party Advisory securityreason.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482006/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3216 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/43670 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5414?
CVE-2007-5414 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5414?
To fix CVE-2007-5414, 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-2007-5414 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-5414 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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