Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug."
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1649-1 | New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1669-1 | New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities |
EUVD |
EUVD-2008-4051 | Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14, and other versions before 2.0.0.17, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via HTML-escaped low surrogate characters that are ignored by the HTML parser, as demonstrated by a "jav�ascript" sequence, aka "HTML escaped low surrogates bug." |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-645-1 | Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-645-2 | Firefox vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-647-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.435Z
Reserved: 2008-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-4066
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-09-24T20:37:04.737
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-4066
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN