CVE-2007-5338 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2007-5338?

CVE-2007-5338 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 21 Oct 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.8 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript with user privileges by using the Script object to modify XPCNativeWrappers in a way that causes the script to be executed when a chrome action is performed.

Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-16

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5338?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5338?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2007-5338 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5338 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5q38-h7gf-fmjx.