CVE-2008-0593 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0593?

CVE-2008-0593 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 9 Feb 2008. 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

Gecko-based browsers, including Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, modify the .href property of stylesheet DOM nodes to the final URI of a 302 redirect, which might allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and read sensitive information from the original URL, such as with Single-Signon systems.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0593?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0593?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-0593 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0593 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
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All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x927-rph6-c38j.