Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict use of the type attribute of an OBJECT element to set a document's charset, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via UTF-7 encoding.
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-2106-1 | New xulrunner packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2106-2 | New xulrunner packages fix regression |
EUVD |
EUVD-2010-2772 | Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 do not properly restrict use of the type attribute of an OBJECT element to set a document's charset, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via UTF-7 encoding. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-975-1 | Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-978-1 | Thunderbird vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T02:46:48.602Z
Reserved: 2010-07-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2010-2768
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2010-09-09T19:00:02.530
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2010-2768
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN