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TI-2007-00964 Aliases CVE-2007-0996GHSA-8j8g-w6r8-wr7h

The child frames in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02124 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 5 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 28

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5 beta1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5 beta2VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.2VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.3VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.4VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.5VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.6VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.7VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 beta1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 beta2 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.2 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.3 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.4 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.5 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.6 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.7 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
Show 18 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.8VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.5.0.9VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 beta_1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 rc2VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0 rc3VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0.1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:dev:*:*:*:*:*1.0VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0 betaVulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.1VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.2VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.3VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.5VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.6VulnerableMozilla
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.7VulnerableMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.8 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.0.9 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 beta_1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 rc2 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0 rc3 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0.1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:dev:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0 beta Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.2 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.3 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.4 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.6 Vulnerable ·Mozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.7 Vulnerable ·Mozilla

Remediation

Red Hat 5 advisories

  • RHSA-2007:0097 Released 2007-03-14 · Red Hat rating Critical
    firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) devhelp-0.12-10.0.1.el5, devhelp-0.12-10.0.1.el5.i386, devhelp-0.12-10.0.1.el5.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) devhelp-0.12-10.0.1.el5, devhelp-0.12-10.0.1.el5.i386, firefox-1.5.0.10-2.el5 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) devhelp-0.12-10.0.1.el5, devhelp-devel-0.12-10.0.1.el5, devhelp-devel-0.12-10.0.1.el5.i386
  • RHSA-2007:0108 Released 2007-03-14 · Red Hat rating Critical
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) thunderbird-1.5.0.10-1.el5, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-1.el5.i386
  • RHSA-2007:0078 Released 2007-03-02 · Red Hat rating Critical
    thunderbird security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.ia64
Show 2 more Red Hat advisories
  • RHSA-2007:0077 Released 2007-02-24 · Red Hat rating Critical
    seamonkey security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.8-0.2.el3 +17
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2.i386, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2.ia64 +18
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.ia64 +37
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4.i386, devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4.ppc +27
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4.i386, devhelp-devel-0.10-0.7.el4 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.8-0.2.el2.i386 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.ia64 +27
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4.i386, devhelp-devel-0.10-0.7.el4 +19
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.8-0.2.el2.i386 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el3.ia64 +27
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.7.el4.i386, devhelp-devel-0.10-0.7.el4 +19
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2, seamonkey-1.0.8-0.2.el2.ia64, seamonkey-chat-1.0.8-0.2.el2.ia64 +8
  • RHSA-2007:0079 Released 2007-02-23 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Firefox security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.i386, firefox-1.5.0.10-0.1.el4.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2007:0097
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0077, RHSA-2007:0078, RHSA-2007:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0097, RHSA-2007:0108
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2007:0097
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0077, RHSA-2007:0078, RHSA-2007:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0077, RHSA-2007:0078, RHSA-2007:0079
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2007:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2007:0077, RHSA-2007:0078, RHSA-2007:0079
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2007:0077

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-0996
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8j8g-w6r8-wr7h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 16

Other 4

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  • TI-2019-08769 Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox ESR KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-04799 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-04477 Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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