CVE-2008-1240

Published Mar 28, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1532-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1534-1 New iceape packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1534-2 New iceape packages fix regression
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1535-1 New iceweasel packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1248 LiveConnect in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.13 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.9 does not properly parse the content origin for jar: URIs before sending them to the Java plugin, which allows remote attackers to access arbitrary ports on the local machine. NOTE: this is closely related to CVE-2008-1195.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-592-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:17 AM
Reserved
Mar 10, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 28, 2008, 1:44 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:51 PM