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CVE-2008-2933 Details

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.16, and 3.x before 3.0.1, interprets '|' (pipe) characters in a command-line URI as requests to open multiple tabs, which allows remote attackers to access chrome:i URIs, or read arbitrary local files via manipulations involving a series of URIs that is not entirely handled by a vector application, as exploited in conjunction with CVE-2008-2540. NOTE: this issue exists because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2005-2267.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=441120 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31106 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31120 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31121 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31129 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 2.0.0.15
0.8
0.9
0.9.1
0.9.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes


QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2933
NVD Published Date:
Jul 17, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-2933 Details - Not Deferred