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CVE-2008-2808

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2008-07-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Advanced Workstation For The Itanium ProcessorRedhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop WorkstationRedhat DesktopMozilla FirefoxRedhat Enterprise Linux DesktopMozilla SeamonkeyRedhat FedoraUbuntu Ubuntu LinuxMozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

CWE-79

References