CVE-2010-2768

Mozilla UTF-7 XSS by overriding document charset using <object> type attribute (MFSA 2010-61)

Published Sep 9, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict use of the type attribute of an OBJECT element to set a document's charset, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via UTF-7 encoding.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2106-1 New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2106-2 New xulrunner packages fix regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2772 Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict use of the type attribute of an OBJECT element to set a document's charset, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via UTF-7 encoding.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-975-1 Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-978-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:46 AM
Reserved
Jul 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 9, 2010, 7:00 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:21 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 7, 2010, 12:00 AM