CVE-2007-0981

N/A Unknown
Published: February 16, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Mozilla based browsers, including Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, allow remote attackers to bypass the same origin policy, steal cookies, and conduct other attacks by writing a URI with a null byte to the hostname (location.hostname) DOM property, due to interactions with DNS resolver code.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lcamtuf.dione.cc/ffhostname.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24175
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24238
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24293
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24393
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2262
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017654
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/885753
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-07.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/32104
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460126/100/200/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460217/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461809/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22566
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0624
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370445
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32533
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9730
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lcamtuf.dione.cc/ffhostname.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24175
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24238
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24293
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24393
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2262
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017654
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/885753
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-07.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/32104
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460126/100/200/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460217/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461809/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22566
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0624
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370445
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32533
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9730
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

114 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
16.4%
95th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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