CVE-2008-0417

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 allows remote user-assisted web sites to corrupt the user's password store via newlines that are not properly handled when the user saves a password.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.86% Top 20%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0104.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11154 signature vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-576-1 vendor advisory
http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/
http://secunia.com/advisories/28939 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1506 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28766 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28818 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30620 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28865 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0453/references vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0103.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28877 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28879 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29567 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28958 third party advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/6251b18e050302ebe7fe74294b55c818.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30327 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-238492-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1489 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487826/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29086 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019334 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28864 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1485 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28924 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27683 vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-04.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1793/references vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00006.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=394610
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00309.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00381.html vendor advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0051
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1484 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0627/references vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-18.xml vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00274.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:048 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28839 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0417?
CVE-2008-0417 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0417?
To fix CVE-2008-0417, 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-2008-0417 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0417 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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