Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 7, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2808
CVE-2008-2808
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 do not properly escape HTML in file:// URLs in directory listings, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or have unspecified other impact via a crafted filename.
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Affected products
37cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 17 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.15
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.1.10
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:2.0_.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
44- secunia.com/advisories/30911nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00004.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0616.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30878nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30898nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30903nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/30949nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31005nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31008nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31021nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31023nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31069nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31076nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31183nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31195nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31377nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33433nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34501nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xmlnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0216nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1607nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.htmlnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-30.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0547.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0549.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0569.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494080/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30038nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-619-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1993/referencesnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2646nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9668nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00207.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00288.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00295.htmlnvd
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