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medium 5.8

CVE-2007-0996 json

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…

published 2007-02-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-0990

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • thunderbird RHEL 5 1.5.0.10-1.el5
  • firefox RHEL 5 1.5.0.10-2.el5
  • yelp RHEL 5 2.16.0-14.0.1.el5
  • devhelp RHEL 5 0.12-10.0.1.el5
  • firefox RHEL 4 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4
  • thunderbird RHEL 4 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4
  • seamonkey RHEL 2.1 1.0.8-0.2.el2
  • seamonkey RHEL 3 1.0.8-0.2.el3

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0108RHSA-2007:0097RHSA-2007:0079RHSA-2007:0078RHSA-2007:0077

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-0996 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0077
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 1.5.0.10-2.el5, yelp 2.16.0-14.0.1.el5, devhelp 0.12-10.0.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0097
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.7.el4, seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0077
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 1.5.0.10-2.el5, yelp 2.16.0-14.0.1.el5, devhelp 0.12-10.0.1.el5, thunderbird 1.5.0.10-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0097
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.7.el4, seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0077
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) devhelp 0.12-10.0.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0097
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.7.el4, seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el2, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el3, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp 0.10-0.7.el4, seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el4, firefox 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el4, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el4, thunderbird 1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, +2 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nss 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-chat 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-mail 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-nspr 1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-js-debugger 1.0.8-0.2.el2, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0077

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Exploit prediction

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.