Argument injection vulnerability involving Mozilla, when certain URIs are registered…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Argument injection vulnerability involving Mozilla, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scripting attacks and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified URI, which are inserted into the command line when invoking the handling process, a similar issue to CVE-2007-3670.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4039
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5qrv-2vjc-xwcq
References
More Mozilla vulnerabilities
- TI-2005-02144 Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2004-00663 Integer overflow in the SOAPParameter object constructor in (1) Netscape version 7.0 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00817 Stack-based buffer overflow in the writeGroup function in nsVCardObj.cpp for Mozilla… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00816 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2004-00818 Integer overflow in the bitmap (BMP) decoder for Mozilla Firefox before the Preview… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2005-00199 The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2007-4039 · CVE Program
- CVE-2007-4039 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5qrv-2vjc-xwcq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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