CRLF injection vulnerability in the Digest Authentication support for Mozilla Firefox…
Priority LOW 34CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
CRLF injection vulnerability in the Digest Authentication support for Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request splitting attacks via LF (%0a) bytes in the username attribute.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.12736 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 3 advisories
- RHSA-2007:0980 Released 2007-10-19 · Red Hat rating Criticalseamonkey security update
- Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.5.el3 +17
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2.ia64 +18
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.ia64 +37
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.ia64 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-6.el4 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.6.el2.i386 +8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.ia64 +27
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.ia64 +15
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.6.el2.i386 +8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.5.el3.ia64 +27
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.i386, seamonkey-1.0.9-6.el4.ia64 +15
- Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2, seamonkey-1.0.9-0.6.el2.ia64, seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.6.el2.ia64 +8
- RHSA-2007:0981 Released 2007-10-19 · Red Hat rating Moderatethunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) thunderbird-1.5.0.12-5.el5, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-5.el5.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.12-0.5.el4.ia64
- RHSA-2007:0979 Released 2007-10-19 · Red Hat rating Criticalfirefox security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox-1.5.0.12-6.el5, firefox-1.5.0.12-6.el5.i386, firefox-1.5.0.12-6.el5.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.i386, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox-1.5.0.12-6.el5, firefox-1.5.0.12-6.el5.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.i386, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.i386, firefox-1.5.0.12-0.7.el4.ia64
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Desktop version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0979 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0979, RHSA-2007:0980, RHSA-2007:0981 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0979, RHSA-2007:0981 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0979, RHSA-2007:0980, RHSA-2007:0981 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0979, RHSA-2007:0980, RHSA-2007:0981 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0979, RHSA-2007:0980, RHSA-2007:0981 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0980 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2292
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jjpj-fj74-73gv
References
Advisory 17
Other 9
- http://www.wisec.it/vulns.php?id=11
- ADV-2007-3587
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1858
- ADV-2007-3544
- ADV-2008-0083
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-31.html
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10195
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378787
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/60eb95b75c76f9fbfcc9a89f99cd8f79.html
Sources
- CVE-2007-2292 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-2292 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jjpj-fj74-73gv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2007-2292 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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