CVE-2007-0996

N/A Unknown
Published: February 27, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://osvdb.org/33812
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
Source: secalert@redhat.com
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://osvdb.org/33812
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_032007.142.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-02.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461076/100/0/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/bid/22694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017702
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/2007/0718
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

82 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla