CVE-2008-0594 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0594?

CVE-2008-0594 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

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12 does not always display a web forgery warning dialog if the entire contents of a web page are in a DIV tag that uses absolute positioning, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0594?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0594?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2008-0594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7wr6-m3x7-mq75.