CVE-2007-5959
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey Buffer Overwrite Vulnerability
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.10 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger memory corruption.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 26, 2007, 11:46 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://browser.netscape.com/releasenotes/ Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198965 Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200909 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Added Reference http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00004.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27725 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27793 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27796 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27797 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27800 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27816 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27838 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27845 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27855 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27944 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27955 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27957 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/27979 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28001 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28016 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28171 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28277 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28398 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29164 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-21.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1018994 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.365006 Added Reference http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374833 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231441-1 Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1018977.1-1 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0260 Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0093 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1424 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1425 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:246 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-38.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1082.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1083.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1084.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26593 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-546-2 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4002 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4018 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0643 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38643 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1984 Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1995 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11014 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/546-1/ Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00115.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00135.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00168.html Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg01011.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488971/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488002/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-546-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/546-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11014 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11014 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38643 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38643 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 27, 2007
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-5959 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-5959
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
11.91 }} 0.75%
score
0.93106
percentile