01 Record
CVE-2008-2933
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs,
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-07-17 10:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 94c4558aeb00b094e4af7353dfbd340702d9192b97515ab7abc87f01e52ce90f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.novell.comhttp://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5031400
- www.debian.orgDSA-1697http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0597http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0597.html
- secunia.com31270http://secunia.com/advisories/31270
- secunia.com31121http://secunia.com/advisories/31121
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0977http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
- secunia.com31145http://secunia.com/advisories/31145
- www.securitytracker.com1020500http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020500
- secunia.com31377http://secunia.com/advisories/31377
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0238
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200808-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-03.xml
- www.securityfocus.com20080729 rPSA-2008-0238-1 firefoxhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494860/100/0/threaded
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-626-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-2
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0598http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0598.html
- secunia.com31157http://secunia.com/advisories/31157
- secunia.com33433http://secunia.com/advisories/33433
- www.debian.orgDSA-1614http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1614
- secunia.com31183http://secunia.com/advisories/31183
- secunia.com31106http://secunia.com/advisories/31106
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#130923http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130923
- sunsolve.sun.com256408http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2683
- secunia.com31261http://secunia.com/advisories/31261
- secunia.com31120http://secunia.com/advisories/31120
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-35.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-623-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-623-1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11618https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11618
- www.slackware.orgSSA:2008-198-01http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.380974
- www.debian.orgDSA-1615http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1615
- secunia.com31176http://secunia.com/advisories/31176
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441120
- secunia.com31129http://secunia.com/advisories/31129
- www.securityfocus.com30242http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30242
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-626-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-626-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:148http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:148
- secunia.com31306http://secunia.com/advisories/31306
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-commandline-uri-security-bypass(43832)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43832
- secunia.com34501http://secunia.com/advisories/34501