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CVE-2007-0995

4.3 · MEDIUM

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 ignores trailing invalid HTML characters in attribute names, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filte…

Published Feb 26, 2007mozillaCWE-79EPSS 2.20%

Overview

CVE-2007-0995 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting mozilla firefox. It was published on February 26, 2007 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 ignores trailing invalid HTML characters in attribute names, which allows remote attackers to bypass content filters that use regular expressions.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mozilla. Update firefox to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
mozillaseamonkey0Affected

References

Refftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.ascRefftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.ascReffedoranews.org/cms/node/2713Reffedoranews.org/cms/node/2728Refh20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742Refha.ckers.org/xss.html#XSS_Non_alpha_non_digit2Reflists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.htmlRefosvdb.org/32112Refrhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.htmlRefsecunia.com/advisories/24205

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-0995?

CVE-2007-0995 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting mozilla firefox. It was published on February 26, 2007 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2007-0995?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2007-0995?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from mozilla. Update firefox to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2007-0995?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2007-0995 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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