CVE-2008-2807

Firefox .properties memory leak

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly handle an invalid .properties file for an add-on, which allows remote attackers to read uninitialized memory, as demonstrated by use of ISO 8859 encoding instead of UTF-8 encoding in a French .properties file.

Mozilla Firefox y versiones anteriores a la 2.0.0.15 y SeaMonkey y versiones anteriores a la 1.1.10 que no gestionan correctamente una propiedad inválida de un fichero para un complemento, el cual permite a los atacantes remotos leer memorias no inicializadas, como demuestra el cifrado ISO 8859 en lugar del cifrado UTF-8 en un propiedad francesa del fichero.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-06-20 CVE Reserved
2008-07-07 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (57)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/30878	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30898	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30903	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30949	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31005	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31008	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31021	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31023	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31069	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31076	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31183	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31195	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31220	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31253	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31286	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31377	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31403	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#firefox2.0.0.15	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-29.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020419	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/references	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397093	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50656	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9432	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.html	2018-10-11
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.html	2018-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/30911	2018-10-11
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml	2018-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.383152	2018-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.384911	2018-10-11
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.410484	2018-10-11
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1621	2018-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:136	2018-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:155	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.html	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.html	2018-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.html	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1	2018-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-629-1	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00125.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00144.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.html	2018-10-11
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.html	2018-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2807	2008-07-23
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=452709	2008-07-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 2.0.0.14 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 2.0.0.14"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.10 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.10"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.11 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.11"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.12 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.12"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				2.0.0.13 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "2.0.0.13"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				<= 1.1.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.1.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.1.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.1.8"		-		Affected