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CVE-2007-0996

Published: Feb 27, 2007 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0996
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5-beta1 (including)1.5-beta1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5-beta2 (including)1.5-beta2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.1 (including)1.5.0.1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.2 (including)1.5.0.2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.3 (including)1.5.0.3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.4 (including)1.5.0.4 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.5 (including)1.5.0.5 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.6 (including)1.5.0.6 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.7 (including)1.5.0.7 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.8 (including)1.5.0.8 (including)
FirefoxMozilla1.5.0.9 (including)1.5.0.9 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0-beta_1 (including)2.0-beta_1 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0-rc2 (including)2.0-rc2 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0-rc3 (including)2.0-rc3 (including)
FirefoxMozilla2.0.0.1 (including)2.0.0.1 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0-beta (including)1.0-beta (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.4 (including)1.0.4 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.5 (including)1.0.5 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.6 (including)1.0.6 (including)
SeamonkeyMozilla1.0.7 (including)1.0.7 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatdevhelp-0:0.10-0.7.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatseamonkey-0:1.0.8-0.2.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.10-0.1.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatfirefox-0:1.5.0.10-0.1.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatdevhelp-0:0.12-10.0.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:1.5.0.10-2.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatyelp-0:2.16.0-14.0.1.el5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:1.5.0.10-1.el5*
FirefoxUbuntudapper*
FirefoxUbuntuedgy*
FirefoxUbuntufeisty*
Lightning-sunbirdUbuntudevel*
MidbrowserUbuntudevel*

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